Death and the metropolis studies in the demographic history of London, 1670-1830
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1993.
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Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 20. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39748686*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pt. I. Eighteenth-Century London and Its Vital Regime
- 1. Mortality theory and historical epidemiology
- 2. Aspects of metropolitan economic and social life
- 3. The 'high potential' model: a preliminary test
- Pt. II. The Level of Mortality
- 4. Mortality among London Quakers
- 5. Mortality levels among the general population
- Pt. III. Dimensions of London's Epidemiological Regime
- 6. The seasonality of mortality
- 7. The instability of mortality
- 8. Spatial variations in mortality
- 9. Conclusion
- App. 1: The Parish Register sample
- App. 2: The Autumn diseases and the 'putrid sore throat'
- App. 3: Parish boundaries
- App. 4: Burial seasonality from Parish Registers.