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This is a book about the population of London during the early modern period and a detailed book about the population of a European metropolitan city at that time. Much is now known about the historical demography of rural England, but very little is understood about the larger towns and cities. Roger Finlay applies new techniques in historical demography, principally family reconstitution and aggregative analysis of parish registers, to study the growth of population in London. He shows that parish registers are as reliable for the analysis of population trends in London as in rural England. The death rate was much higher in London than in the countryside, and this difference was not offset by a markedly higher birth rate, so the population would have declined but for migration. There were striking variations in both fertility and mortality between contrasting social areas of London.

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1. Introduction: The magnet of the metropolis; 2. The accuracy of the London parish registers; 3. The general growth of population in London; 4. London social structure in 1638; 5. The measurement of mortality rates; 6. The effect of plague on mortality experience; 7. Marriage and fertility; 8. Population and metropolis.

Population and Metropolis The Demography of London 15801650 12 Cambridge Geographical Studies Series Number 12

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 3/19/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521103145
      978-0521103145
      ISBN-10 0521103142
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a book about the population of London during the early modern period and a detailed book about the population of a European metropolitan city at that time. Much is now known about the historical demography of rural England, but very little is understood about the larger towns and cities. Roger Finlay applies new techniques in historical demography, principally family reconstitution and aggregative analysis of parish registers, to study the growth of population in London. He shows that parish registers are as reliable for the analysis of population trends in London as in rural England. The death rate was much higher in London than in the countryside, and this difference was not offset by a markedly higher birth rate, so the population would have declined but for migration. There were striking variations in both fertility and mortality between contrasting social areas of London.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: The magnet of the metropolis; 2. The accuracy of the London parish registers; 3. The general growth of population in London; 4. London social structure in 1638; 5. The measurement of mortality rates; 6. The effect of plague on mortality experience; 7. Marriage and fertility; 8. Population and metropolis.

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