The Demography Of Victorian England And Wales

Author : Robert Woods
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0521782546

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The Demography of Victorian England and Wales by Robert Woods Pdf

The Demography of Victorian England and Wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of England and Wales between 1837 and 1914. Its principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancy. But Robert Woods also considers the variable quality of the Victorian registration system; the changing role of what Robert Malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environments. The volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areas. This invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colour.

Author : Robert Woods
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Demography
ISBN : UCAL:B4368984

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The Population of Britain in the Nineteenth Century by Robert Woods Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys,Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117903521

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Guide to Census Reports, Great Britain, 1801-1966 by Great Britain. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys,Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland) Pdf

Author : Robert Woods,Nicola Shelton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022820315

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An Atlas of Victorian Mortality by Robert Woods,Nicola Shelton Pdf

This study details the geography of mortality in England and Wales, by using 614 districts to chart variations and changes in the principal causes of death from the 1860s to the 1890s. It deals especially with infant and childhood mortality, early adult deaths, maternal mortality, and the causes of death in old age. The concluding chapter of this study also provides an interpretation of the importance of epidemiology and place in the 19th century.

Author : Simon Szreter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521528682

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Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain, 1860-1940 by Simon Szreter Pdf

This book offers an original interpretation of the history of falling fertilities in Britain between 1860 and 1940. It integrates the approaches of the social sciences and of demographic, feminist, and labour history with intellectual, social, and political history. It exposes the conceptual and statistical inadequacies of the orthodox picture of a national, unitary class-differential fertility decline, and presents an entirely new analysis of the famous 1911 fertility census of England and Wales. Surprising and important findings emerge concerning the principal methods of birth control: births were spaced from early on in marriage; and sexual abstinence by married couples was a far more significant practice than previously imagined. The author presents a new general approach to the study of fertility change, raising central issues concerning the relationship between history and social science.

Author : Kirsty McNay,Jane Humphries,Stephan Klasen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Death
ISBN : OCLC:246063258

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Death and Gender in Victorian England and Wales by Kirsty McNay,Jane Humphries,Stephan Klasen Pdf

Author : Barry Reay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521892228

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Microhistories by Barry Reay Pdf

This 1996 book uses a local study to explore some of the more significant societal changes of the modern western world.

Author : Bernard Harris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137079800

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The Origins of the British Welfare State by Bernard Harris Pdf

Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the latest historical and social science research The Origins of the British Welfare State looks at the main developments in the history of social welfare provision in this period. It looks at the nature of problems facing British society in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries and shows how these provided the foundation for the growth of both statutory and welfare provision in the areas of health, housing, education and the relief of poverty. It also examines the role played by the Liberal government of 1906-14 in reshaping the boundaries of public welfare provision and shows how the momentous changes associated with the First and Second World Wars paved the way for the creation of the 'classic' welfare state after 1945. This comprehensive and broad-ranging yet accessible account encourages the reader to question the 'inevitability' of present-day arrangements and provides an important framework for comparative analysis. It will be essential reading for all concerned with social policy, British social history and public policy.

Author : Joseph Ambrose Banks
Publisher : London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000353351

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Victorian Values by Joseph Ambrose Banks Pdf

Family size and the birth rate declined in Britain in the second half of the 19th century. This work looks at the interplay of the rising standard of living, the emancipation of women, the attitude to children and education, and the effects of the meritocratic ideal and religious sexual morality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004366398

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International Migrations in the Victorian Era by Anonim Pdf

International Migrations in the Victorian Era covers a wide range of case studies to unveil the complexity of transnational circulations and connections in the 19th century. It balances different scales of analysis: individual, local, regional, national and transnational.

Author : Robert Woods,Chris Galley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781781381410

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Mrs Stone & Dr Smellie by Robert Woods,Chris Galley Pdf

A remarkable history of midwifery in the eighteenth century.

Author : Robert Woods,Philip Rees
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000929133

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Population Structures and Models by Robert Woods,Philip Rees Pdf

Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together geographical modelling of population change and demographic analysis of population structures and pattern. These 2 strands are interwoven in 3 key review chapters that summarize the study of spatial and temporal patterns of population, the modelling of spatial populations and the estimation of population processes. Findings reported include: An account of demographic transition; an exposé of the myth of ‘no fertility rises’ in the developing world in the 20th Century; a theory of population accounting; predicting migration flows for a system of regions; microsimulation methods to model population change; and demographic and economic processes integrated in an urban region model.

Author : Johan P. Mackenbach
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004429130

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A History of Population Health by Johan P. Mackenbach Pdf

Winner of the 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award In A History of Population Health Johan P. Mackenbach offers a broad-sweeping study of the spectacular changes in people’s health in Europe since the early 18th century. Most of the 40 specific diseases covered in this book show a fascinating pattern of ‘rise-and-fall’, with large differences in timing between countries. Using a unique collection of historical data and bringing together insights from demography, economics, sociology, political science, medicine, epidemiology and general history, it shows that these changes and variations did not occur spontaneously, but were mostly man-made. Throughout European history, changes in health and longevity were therefore closely related to economic, social, and political conditions, with public health and medical care both making important contributions to population health improvement. Readers who would like to have a closer look at the quantitative data used in the trend graphs included in the book can find these it here.

Author : Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
ISBN : LCCN:89009840

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950: People and their environment by Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson Pdf

Author : Eilidh Garrett,Chris Galley,Nicola Shelton,Robert Woods
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781351155625

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Infant Mortality: A Continuing Social Problem by Eilidh Garrett,Chris Galley,Nicola Shelton,Robert Woods Pdf

In 1906, Sir George Newman's 'Infant Mortality: A Social Problem', one of the most important health studies of the twentieth century, was published. To commemorate this anniversary, this volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading academics to evaluate Newman's critical contribution, to review current understandings of the history of infant and early childhood mortality, especially in Britain, and to discuss modern approaches to infant health as a continuing social problem. The volume argues that, even after 100 years of health programmes, scientific advances and medical interventions, early childhood mortality is still a significant social problem and it also proposes new ways of defining and tracking the problem of persistent mortality differentials.