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Danish population history, 1600-1939 / by Hans Chr. Johansen.
Lippincott Library HB3611 .J632 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johansen, Hans Chr.
- Series:
- University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences ; vol. 254.
- University Press of Southern Denmark in history and social sciences ; vol. 254
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population.
- Denmark--Population.
- Denmark.
- Demography.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Odense : University Press of Southern Denmark ; Portland, OR : distributed in the United States and Canada [by] International Specialized Book Services, [2002]
- Contents:
- The early seventeenth century 13
- Sources for Danish demographic development 1600-1665 14
- Parish registers 15
- Additional sources 18
- Research on Danish population development 1600-1665 19
- Time series data from counting events in parish registers 23
- Population growth or population decline 30
- The need for micro-level studies 32
- Data from family reconstitution studies 33
- The parishes and the source material 33
- Mortality 35
- Nuptiality 38
- Fertility 39
- Half a century of dramatic population development 40
- The old regime 1665-1775 43
- Sources for Danish demographic history 1665-1775 50
- Earlier research 56
- Mortality 59
- Years with an especially high mortality 61
- Infant mortality 63
- Child mortality 65
- Youth and adult mortality 66
- Nuptiality 67
- Fertility 72
- Migration 76
- Before the transition started 78
- The early mortality decline 1775-1840 79
- Sources for Danish demographic history 1775-1840 87
- Earlier research 96
- Mortality 98
- Years with an especially high mortality 102
- Infant mortality 104
- Child mortality 107
- Youth mortality 110
- Adult mortality 110
- Nuptiality 111
- Fertility 115
- Migration 119
- The end of the old regime 121
- Nineteenth century population growth 1840-90 123
- Sources for Danish demographic history 1840-90 130
- Earlier research 133
- Mortality 134
- Years with a relatively high mortality 138
- Infant mortality 140
- Child mortality 144
- Youth mortality 146
- Adult mortality 148
- Occupational differences in adult mortality 152
- Nuptiality 153
- Fertility 156
- Migration 161
- In-migration to Copenhagen 161
- The provincial towns 162
- Rural areas 164
- Immigration 166
- Emigration 167
- The middle phase of the demographic transition 170
- Simultaneous fertility and mortality decline 1890-1939 171
- Sources for Danish demographic history 1890-1940 177
- Earlier research 181
- Mortality 181
- Infant mortality 184
- Child mortality 188
- Youth mortality 190
- Adult mortality 194
- Occupational differences in mortality 200
- The background for inter-urban variations in mortality 202
- Urban/rural differences 204
- Nuptiality 204
- Fertility 207
- The background to the decline in fertility 214
- Migration 216
- Copenhagen and the metropolitan area 217
- The provincial towns 217
- Rural areas 219
- Immigration 219
- Emigration 221
- Towards low fertility and mortality 222.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245).
- ISBN:
- 8778387256
- OCLC:
- 51996693
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