{"product_id":"death-and-the-metropolis-studies-in-the-demographic-history-of-london-1670-1830-paperback-9780521028547","title":"Death and the Metropolis; Studies in the Demographic History of London, 1670–1830 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521028547","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeath and the Metropolis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in the Demographic History of London, 1670–1830\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful analysis of demographic patterns in London over the 'long eighteenth century'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Landers (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521028547, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.652 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDeath and the Metropolis offers a powerful analysis of demographic patterns in London over the 'long eighteenth century', concentrating on mortality but also including data on marital fertility, population structure and migration. The study is based on a variety of sources including weekly and annual Bills of Mortality, parish registers and Quaker vital registers, and employs the techniques of family reconstitution and aggregative analysis. The data are analysed within the framework of a structural model of mortality change comprising the proximate determinants of exposure to, and resistance against, infectious agents on the the part of populations. Within this framework a model is established describing the specific demographic and epidemiological characteristics of early modern metropolitan centres. The evidence indicates that mortality in London was much higher than in other settlements in England for most of the period, but declined steeply in the later eighteenth century. This apparently reflected changes in exposure to infections.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Eighteenth-Century London and its Vital Regime: 1. Mortality theory and historical epidemiology\u003cbr\u003e 2. Aspects of metropolitan economic and social life\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'high potential' model: a preliminary test\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Level of Mortality: 4. Mortality among London Quakers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mortality levels among the general population\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Dimensions of London's Epidemiological Regime: 6. The seasonality of mortality\u003cbr\u003e 7. The instability of mortality\u003cbr\u003e 8. Spatial variations in mortality\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913249218840,"sku":"9780521028547","price":31.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521355995_2a849fdd-985c-4656-8a9f-3a2814276829.jpg?v=1694964816","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/death-and-the-metropolis-studies-in-the-demographic-history-of-london-1670-1830-paperback-9780521028547","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}