The demography of Victorian England and Wales

Description

The Demography of Victorian England and Wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of England and Wales between 1837 and 1914. Its principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancy. But Robert Woods also considers the variable quality of the Victorian registration system; the changing role of what Robert Malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environments. The volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areas. This invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colour.

Description

"The Demography of Victorian England and Wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of England and Wales between 1837 and 1914. Its principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancy. The volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areas. This invaluable reference tool is generously illustrated with numerous tables and figures, some of the latter being in colour."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;

Other Editions

• The demography of Victorian England and WalesCambridge University Press2000-01-01
• The Demography of Victorian England and WaleseBookCambridge University Press2000-01-01
• Demography of Victorian England and WalesCambridge University Press2009-01-01