A Population History of North America

Professors Haines and Steckel bring together leading scholars to present a population history of North America.

Michael R. Haines (Edited by), Richard H. Steckel (Edited by)

9780521496667, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 August 2000

762 pages, 43 b/w illus. 3 maps 99 tables
23.4 x 15.6 x 4.1 cm, 1.24 kg

"...the editors have done an excellent job in compliling this volume. Each chapter is well organized, and the subheadings help the reader to recognize which information will be found in each section. Most importantly, the editors ensure that common themes and topics of the demographic system are strategically covered in each chapter whenever possible...the essays are lucidly argued and the demographic terminology and equations extemsively explained in the appendix, making the volume an essential reference for anyone conducting research or teaching in any area of historical demography or related fields."

Professors Haines and Steckel bring together leading scholars to present an expansive population history of North America from pre-Columbian times to the present. Covering the populations of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including two essays on the Amerindian population, this volume takes advantage of considerable recent progress in demographic history to offer timely, knowledgeable information in a non-technical format. A statistical appendix summarizes basic demographic measures over time for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

1. Introduction Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel
2. Population history of North American Indians Russell Thornton
3. Patterns of disease in early North American populations Douglas H. Ubelaker
4. The population of New France and Quebec 1608–1790 Hubert Charbonneau, Bertrand Desjardins, and Jacques Legare
5. The white population of the colonial United States 1607–1790 Hank Gemery
6. The African-American population of the Colonial United States Lorena Walsh
7. The population of Mexico from its origins to the Revolution of 1910 Robert McCaa
8. The White Population of the United States, 1790–1920 Michael R. Haines
9. Canada in the nineteenth century Marvin McInnis
10. The African-American population of the United States, 1790–1920 Richard H. Steckel
11. A population history of the Caribbean Stanley L. Engerman
12. Canada in the twentieth century Marvin McInnis
13. Mexico's demographic expansion: 1920 to 1990 Zadia Feliciano
14. The population of the United States since 1920 Richard Easterlin
15. Concluding comments Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]