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A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
The Pickering Masters Works of Thomas Robert Malthus is the first
and only collected edition of the works of this major thinker.
Texts have been edited by an expert team to reflect the development
of Malthus' thought. The collation of the texts of different
editions of his major works show, both in small details and in the
substantial development of the argument, the progression of the
writer's ideas.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known
published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus
is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between
population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation
for population studies.
Presents the latest research on the causes and consequences of
British population change from the medieval period to the eve of
the Industrial Revolution, in both town and countryside Population,
Welfare and Economic Change presents the latest research on the
causes and consequences of British population change from the
medieval period to the eve of the Industrial Revolution, in both
town and countryside. Its overarching concern is with the economic
and demographic decision-making of individuals and groups and the
extent to which these were constrained by institutions and
resources. Within this, the volume's particular focus is on
population growth: its causes and the welfare challenges it posed.
Several chapters investigate the success with which the English Old
Poor Law provided care for the poor and elderly, and new work on
alternative welfare institutions, such as almshouses, is also
presented. A further distinctive feature of this book is its
comparative perspective. By making systematic comparisons between
economic and demographic developments in pre-industrial Britain and
those taking place in various regions of contemporary Continental
Europe and Russia, several chapters uncover how far Britain in this
period was 'different'. Stimulating to experts and students alike,
Population, Welfareand Economic Change offers overviews and
summaries of the latest scholarship by leading economic historians
and historical demographers, alongside detailed case studies which
showcase the original research of younger scholars. Chris Briggs is
Lecturer in Medieval British Economic and Social History at the
University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. P.M. Kitson
is a former Research Associate at the Cambridge Group for the
Historyof Population and Social Structure and Bye-Fellow of Downing
College, Cambridge. S.J. Thompson is a former J.H. Plumb Fellow and
Director of Studies in History at Christ's College, Cambridge.
CONTRIBUTORS: Lorraine Barry, Jeremy Boulton, Chris Briggs, Bruce
M.S. Campbell, Tracy Dennison, Nigel Goose, R.W. Hoyle, Peter
Kitson, Julie Marfany, Rebecca Oakes, Sheilagh Ogilvie, Stephen
Thompson, Samantha Williams, Sir Tony Wrigley, Margaret Yates
Before the industrial revolution prolonged economic growth was
unachievable. All economies were organic, dependent on plant
photosynthesis to provide food, raw materials, and energy. This was
true both of heat energy, derived from burning wood, and mechanical
energy provided chiefly by human and animal muscle. The flow of
energy from the sun captured by plant photosynthesis was the basis
of all production and consumption. Britain began to escape the old
restrictions by making increasing use of the vast stock of energy
contained in coal measures, initially as a source of heat energy
but eventually also of mechanical energy, thus making possible the
industrial revolution. In this concise and accessible account of
change between the reigns of Elizabeth I and Victoria, Wrigley
describes how during this period Britain moved from the economic
periphery of Europe to becoming briefly the world's leading
economy, forging a path rapidly emulated by its competitors.
Before the industrial revolution prolonged economic growth was
unachievable. All economies were organic, dependent on plant
photosynthesis to provide food, raw materials, and energy. This was
true both of heat energy, derived from burning wood, and mechanical
energy provided chiefly by human and animal muscle. The flow of
energy from the sun captured by plant photosynthesis was the basis
of all production and consumption. Britain began to escape the old
restrictions by making increasing use of the vast stock of energy
contained in coal measures, initially as a source of heat energy
but eventually also of mechanical energy, thus making possible the
industrial revolution. In this concise and accessible account of
change between the reigns of Elizabeth I and Victoria, Wrigley
describes how during this period Britain moved from the economic
periphery of Europe to becoming briefly the world's leading
economy, forging a path rapidly emulated by its competitors.
The industrial revolution transformed the productive power of
societies. It did so by vastly increasing the individual
productivity, thus delivering whole populations from poverty. In
this new account by one of the world's acknowledged authorities the
central issue is not simply how the revolution began but still more
why it did not quickly end. The answer lay in the use of a new
source of energy. Pre-industrial societies had access only to very
limited energy supplies. As long as mechanical energy came
principally from human or animal muscle and heat energy from wood,
the maximum attainable level of productivity was bound to be low.
Exploitation of a new source of energy in the form of coal provided
an escape route from the constraints of an organic economy but also
brought novel dangers. Since this happened first in England, its
experience has a special fascination, though other countries
rapidly followed suit.
The industrial revolution transformed the productive power of
societies. It did so by vastly increasing the individual
productivity, thus delivering whole populations from poverty. In
this new account by one of the world's acknowledged authorities the
central issue is not simply how the revolution began but still more
why it did not quickly end. The answer lay in the use of a new
source of energy. Pre-industrial societies had access only to very
limited energy supplies. As long as mechanical energy came
principally from human or animal muscle and heat energy from wood,
the maximum attainable level of productivity was bound to be low.
Exploitation of a new source of energy in the form of coal provided
an escape route from the constraints of an organic economy but also
brought novel dangers. Since this happened first in England, its
experience has a special fascination, though other countries
rapidly followed suit.
The aim of this book is to demonstrate both the difficulties and
the opportunities which the accumulation of statistical information
in economically advanced countries offers for studying
nineteenth-century society in depth. The chief emphasis is upon
quantitative methods of analysis. The main focus of the attention
is the census - what information was required on census night; how
the information was collected; how accurately and completely
population characteristics were recorded, the problems which arise
in attempting to use either the published census volumes or the
enumerators' books; and the techniques which have proved useful in
analysis. Related topics covered include the study of family
structure, the use of information about occupation, the measurement
of migration, criminal statistics, educational provision and
sampling in historical research.
Sir Tony Wrigley's classic regional study of industrial development
and demographic change in the Austrasian coalfield belt (stretching
from Pas-De-Calais in the West to the Ruhr in the East) was first
published in 1959. Its first part deals with the circumstances
which encouraged more rapid industrial growth in some areas while
inhibiting in others, and with the relationship between regional
economic growth and the increase of industrial population. The
second part deals with the demographic history of the coalfield
industrial areas; their relation to the sociology of those areas;
and the sources of the population growth which took place in them.
In both parts the discussion centres on the contrast between the
coalfield industrial areas and the three national units of France,
Belgium and Germany on the one hand; and on the other on the
contrasts which existed within the coalfield industrial areas
themselves. Industrial Growth and Population Change deliberately
strays across the conventional boundaries of social scientific
analysis, embracing economic history, historical geography,
demography and sociology. The underlying thesis is that economic
historians have tended too readily to suppose that the national
entity is the appropriate unit of study. Regional or local analysis
is sometimes equally or more revealing about the nature of major
changes taking place and the reasons for them.
English Population History from Family Reconstitution 1580-1837 is
the most important single contribution to English historical
demography since Wrigley and Schofield's Population History of
England. It represents the culmination of work carried out at the
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
over the past quarter-century. This work demonstrates the value of
the technique of family reconstitution as a means of obtaining
accurate and detailed information about fertility, morality, and
nuptiality in the past. Indeed, more is now known about many
aspects of English demography in the parish register period than
about the post-1837 period when the Registrar-General collected and
published information. Using data from 26 parishes, the authors
show clearly that their results are representative not only of the
demographic situation of the parishes from which the data were
drawn, but also of the country as a whole. Some very surprising
features of the behaviour of past populations are brought to light
for the first time.
E.A. Wrigley, the leading historian of industrial England, exposes the inadequacy of what was once accepted wisdom regarding England's industrial revolution and suggests what he believes should replace it. He examines the issues from three viewpoints: economic growth; the transformation of the urban-rural balance; and demographic change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In addition, he shows why England's early modern economy and society grew faster and more dynamically than its continental neighbors.
English Population History from Family Reconstitution 1580-1837 is
the most important single contribution to English historical
demography since Wrigley and Schofield's Population History of
England. It represents the culmination of work carried out at the
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
over the past quarter-century. This work demonstrates the value of
the technique of family reconstitution as a means of obtaining
accurate and detailed information about fertility, morality, and
nuptiality in the past. Indeed, more is now known about many
aspects of English demography in the parish register period than
about the post-1837 period when the Registrar-General collected and
published information. Using data from 26 parishes, the authors
show clearly that their results are representative not only of the
demographic situation of the parishes from which the data were
drawn, but also of the country as a whole. Some very surprising
features of the behaviour of past populations are brought to light
for the first time.
The Industrial Revolution produced the modern world, a world of increased affluence, longevity, urbanization, and travel. This book illuminates how the great surge of economic growth that determined these changes was not expected, and often went unnoticed. The author begins by discussing the kind of substantial economic growth that was predicted at the time, and goes on to cover the growth that was unexpected. The link between these two types of growth is presented in the context of English economic growth between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries and leads the author to challenge convincingly the conventional view that the Industrial Revolution was a simple, unitary, and consciously progressive phenomenon. .E.A. Wrigley is Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University. He is the author of several books, among them, Population and History (McGraw-Hill) The Population History of England (CUP) and Continuity, Chance and Change (CUP).
This is the first paperback edition of a classic work of recent English historiography, first published by Edward Arnold in 1981. Numerous traditional assumptions are qualified, confirmed, or overturned, and the authors marshall a mass of statistical material into a series of clear, lucid arguments about past patterns of demographic behavior. In a new short preface, Wrigley and Schofield consider the debate engendered by their Population History, the impact of which has been felt far beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of historical demography.
E.A. Wrigley, the leading historian of industrial England, exposes the inadequacy of what was once accepted wisdom regarding England's industrial revolution and suggests what he believes should replace it. He examines the issues from three viewpoints: economic growth; the transformation of the urban-rural balance; and demographic change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In addition, he shows why England's early modern economy and society grew faster and more dynamically than its continental neighbors.
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