The children of Eve : population and well-being in history / Louis P. Cain and Donald G. Paterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cain, Louis P.

Contributor:

Paterson, Donald G., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population--History.

Population.

History.

Well-being--History.

Well-being.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xix, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Summary:

"This book explores contemporary population issues in a historical context. It is a world economic history of demographic change with emphasis on the well-being of the population. Exploring the years since the Middle Ages, this unique book emphasizes the commonality of human experience illustrating how different people, at different times, in varying circumstances, responded to similar economic forces in more of less the same way"-- Provided by publisher.

"The Children of Eve is the first single volume book to bring together general material on population issues, as it explores the subject of contemporary population in a historical context. The book presents a world history of economic and demographic change that ranges broadly over time and space, while simultaneously emphasizing the well-being of the population. By choosing a large canvas, the authors stress the commonality of human experience: that different people, at different times, and in varying circumstances have responded to similar economic forces in more or less the same way. The book highlights the formative population history of Europe and North America over the years since the Middle Ages. Asia and the southern hemisphere are also discussed within the text. The authors have written in non-technical language and successfully maintain the difficult balance of addressing complex issues in a style that doesn't over-simplify the subject, whilst upholding an approach that is accessible to general readers and students. Throughout the text, definitions and short explanations of economic and demographic terminology are presented in separate boxes to enhance ease of use, and each chapter concludes with a bibliography and selected readings."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Initial Conditions 1

Chapter 1 Overview 3

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Human Origins 7

1.3 The 40 000 Years to 10 000 BC 9

1.4 The Last 12 000 Years 11

1.5 A Few Fundamentals of Population Growth 14

1.6 The Quality and Quantity of Life 15

1.7 The English Parson, Thomas Malthus 17

1.8 Measurement and Inference 19

1.9 The Census 22

A A Nearly Modern Census 22

B Modern Censuses 24

C Some Problems of Early Modern Censuses 25

1.10 Models of Human Behavior 26

1.11 Outline 27

Chapter 2 The Historical Setting 31

2.1 Introduction 31

2.2 The Demographic Transition 31

2.3 Structural Transition of the Economy 33

2.4 Long-Run Changes in Economic Well-Being 36

2.5 Net Replacement 40

2.6 Dependency and Participation 43

2.7 How Does the Demographic Transition End or Does It? 45

2.8 Variation 50

2.9 Globalization, Macroeconomics and Population 52

2.10 Institutional Change and Externalities 56

Part 2 Growth and Dispersal of the Human Population 63

Chapter 3 Mortality: The Fourth Horseman 65

3.1 What Do People Die From? 65

3.2 Infant and Child Mortality 70

3.3 The Probability of Death and Life Expectancy 73

3.4 Seasonal Pattern of Death 82

3.5 Seasonality and Longevity 84

3.6 Urban Mortality 85

3.7 The Mortality Transition: Crude Death Rates 89

Chapter 4 The Fertility Transition 98

4.1 The Fertility Transition 98

4.2 The Queen and the Anabaptists 100

4.3 Strategic Choice 102

4.4 When to Marry 106

4.5 The "Never Married" 111

4.6 Illegitimacy 114

4.7 The Seasonal Pattern of Birth 115

4.8 Disruptions 117

4.9 The Fertility Transition: Crude Birth Rates 118

4.10 Farms and Towns 123

Chapter 5 Long Distance Migration 132

5.1 The Migratory Instinct 132

5.2 Who's In and Who's Out 136

5.3 Migration of the Unfree 138

A Slaves 138

B Convicts and Indentured Servants 141

C Child Migrants 144

5.4 The Atlantic: Waves of Immigration 145

5.5 Unbalanced Cargoes 150

5.6 Information and Advertising 152

5.7 Remittances: Then and Now 153

5.8 There and Back Again - Reverse Migrations 155

5.9 Diaspora 153

A The Chinese 158

B The Irish 162

C The Jews 154

5.10 The Barriers Go Up 166

5.11 The Walker Thesis, Displacement and Savings 168

5.12 A Final Word on Long Distance Migration 169

Chapter 6 Regional Migration 181

6.1 Introduction 181

6.2 The US Westward Movement and Other Frontiers 183

6.3 Urbanization and Industrial Change 188

6.4 The Rural-Urban Shift 191

6.5 Town and Farm and the Changing Economic Role of Children 195

6.6 The Great Black Migration in the US 195

6.7 Declining Regions: Dust Bowls and Yorkshire Coal Mines 198

6.8 Inter-Urban Migration 199

6.9 Migration: In the Neighborhood 200

A Scotland - England 200

B Canada-USA 201

6.10 The Undocumented 203

6.11 Convergence 205

6.12 Summary of Part Two -Putting It All Together 207

Part 3 Choices and Their Consequences 217

Chapter 7 The Changing Family 219

7.1 Introduction 219

7.2 Courtship and Marriage 221

7.3 Household and Family Size 225

7.4 Child Labor 228

7.5 Family Connections: Networks 234

7.6 Marital Dissolution 236

7.7 Married Women's Property 240

7.8 Poverty: One-Parent Families and Elderly Females 242

Chapter 8 Health and Weil-Being 255

8.1 Introduction 255

8.2 Glasgow: Then and Now 256

8.3 Morbidity 257

8.4 Early Populations and Nutrition 262

8.5 Birth Weights 266

8.6 The Human Development Index 267

8.7 Obesity and the BMI 269

8.8 Household Space 274

8.9 Health and Hospital Care Systems 276

Chapter 9 Macroeconomic Effects of the Industrial Transition 286

9.1 Introduction 286

9.2 Shocks and Echoes - the Baby Boom 287

9.3 Children and the Saving Shift 288

9.4 Intergenerational Contracts or Life Cycles: Pensions 291

9.5 The Work-Leisure Choice 297

9.6 Time Spent in Household Work 301

9.7 Education and Human Capital 305

Chapter 10 Population Catastrophes 315

10.1 The Nature of Catastrophes 315

10.2 The Greenland Norse and the Easter Islanders 316

10.3 North American Native Indians 318

10.4 Famine 321

10.5 We All Fall Down! Plague 324

10.6 The HIV/AIDS Pandemic 333

10.7 When, Not If? But Not Now! Flu Pandemics 338

10.8 Summary 342

Part 4 Conclusions 351

Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1444336908

9781444336894

1444336894

9781444336900

OCLC:

712124565

Publisher Number:

99948275620