The Population History of Britain and Ireland 1500–1750

This concise volume for students reviews the literature on the population history of Britain and Ireland.

R. A. Houston (Author)

9780521557764, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 September 1995

106 pages, 3 tables
21.6 x 14 x 0.6 cm, 0.13 kg

Over the past thirty five years population history has been one of the most important growth areas within the flourishing field of social and economic history. Our understanding of demographic history in the period before the Industrial Revolution has been transformed. The amount of literature which has been produced is daunting both in its volume and its complexity. In this concise volume for students Dr Houston reviews the literature and explains the different population trends evident in parts of Britain and Ireland. He sets out the sometimes complex interactions between fertility, nuptiality, morality and migration in a clear and comprehensible way, and explains why the mechanisms which balanced population and resources in England were not found in Scotland and Ireland.

List of tables
Note on references
Author's preface
Introduction
1. Sources and methods
2. Structures and trends
3. Nuptiality and fertility
4. Mortality
5. Migration
6. Population, economy and society
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB]