British Population History: From the Black Death to the Present Day - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521570301 ISBN 13: 9780521570305

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book brings together in one volume the four studies on British population history already published in the series New Studies in Economic and Social History, and adds to them a new essay on British population in the twentieth century. Between them, the authors survey the trends and debates in British population history from 1348 to 1991. Research over the past twenty-five years has transformed our understanding of how population has grown and declined, of why the numbers of births, deaths, marriages and migrants have risen and fallen, and thrown much new light on the economic and social impact of these changes. The studies in this book supply introductions to these problems for readers who are not themselves demographers but who, as students, teachers, or non-specialist historians and social scientists, want to know more about what happened and what are the main topics of current debate. Full bibliographies for further study are included.

About this title

Review:

'By collecting the pamphlets into a single volume and providing newcomers to the subject in what a masterly, up-to-date overview of the progress of demographic trends from medieval times to the early 1990s, the Economic History Society has done a valuable service.' English Historical Review

Book Description:

This book is the only comprehensive survey of British population from the Black Death to the present day. Its non-technical style is aimed at making a technical and rapidly changing subject easily accessible to students and teachers. Full bibliographies are provided for those wishing to pursue the subject in more detail.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521570301
• ISBN 13: 9780521570305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 436
• Editor: Anderson Michael