The book's overarching concern is with the economic and demographic decision-making of individuals and groups and the extent to which these were constrained by institutions and resources, and its particular focus is on population growth: its causes and the welfare challenges it posed. A distinctive feature of this book is its comparative perspective. By making systematic comparisons between economic and demographic developments in pre-industrial Britain and those taking place in various regions of contemporary Continental Europe and Russia, several chapters uncover how far Britain in this period was 'different'.…mehr
The book's overarching concern is with the economic and demographic decision-making of individuals and groups and the extent to which these were constrained by institutions and resources, and its particular focus is on population growth: its causes and the welfare challenges it posed. A distinctive feature of this book is its comparative perspective. By making systematic comparisons between economic and demographic developments in pre-industrial Britain and those taking place in various regions of contemporary Continental Europe and Russia, several chapters uncover how far Britain in this period was 'different'.
Introduction Chris Briggs and P. M. Kitson and S. J. Thompson European Marriage Patterns and their Implications: John Hajnal's Essay and Historical Demography During the Last Half Century E.A. Wrigley The Population Geography of Great Britain c.1290: a Provisional Reconstruction Bruce M.S. Campbell and Lorraine Barry Mobility and Mortality: How Place of Origin Affected the Life Chances of Late Medieval Scholars at Winchester College and New College Oxford Rebecca Oakes Family and Welfare in Early Modern Europe: a North South Comparison Julie Marfany Support for the Elderly during the 'Crisis' of the English Old Poor Law Samantha Williams Indoors or Outdoors? Welfare Priorities and Pauper Choices in the Metropolis under the Old Poor Law, 1718 1824 Jeremy Boulton Population Growth and Corporations of the Poor, 1660 1841 S. J. Thompson Charity and Commemoration: a Berkshire Family and their Almshouse 1675 1763 Nigel Goose and Margaret Yates The Institutional Context of Serfdom in England and Russia Tracy Dennison Choices and Constraints in the Pre Industrial Countryside Sheilagh Ogilvie Some Commercial Implications of English Individualism Richard Hoyle Select Bibliography
Introduction Chris Briggs and P. M. Kitson and S. J. Thompson European Marriage Patterns and their Implications: John Hajnal's Essay and Historical Demography During the Last Half Century E.A. Wrigley The Population Geography of Great Britain c.1290: a Provisional Reconstruction Bruce M.S. Campbell and Lorraine Barry Mobility and Mortality: How Place of Origin Affected the Life Chances of Late Medieval Scholars at Winchester College and New College Oxford Rebecca Oakes Family and Welfare in Early Modern Europe: a North South Comparison Julie Marfany Support for the Elderly during the 'Crisis' of the English Old Poor Law Samantha Williams Indoors or Outdoors? Welfare Priorities and Pauper Choices in the Metropolis under the Old Poor Law, 1718 1824 Jeremy Boulton Population Growth and Corporations of the Poor, 1660 1841 S. J. Thompson Charity and Commemoration: a Berkshire Family and their Almshouse 1675 1763 Nigel Goose and Margaret Yates The Institutional Context of Serfdom in England and Russia Tracy Dennison Choices and Constraints in the Pre Industrial Countryside Sheilagh Ogilvie Some Commercial Implications of English Individualism Richard Hoyle Select Bibliography
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