During the century following Columbus's landfall, population of America experienced a precipitous decline. A widely accepted explanation is diffusion Eurasian pathogens among nonimmune Indians with attendant catastrophic mortality. Contemporary observers—conquerors, administrators, missionaries, and chroniclers—while mentioning disease factors in decline, were convinced that demographic collapse was due to plurality factors, such as serfdom confiscation labor, excessive work, economic social...

This book contains the proceedings of International Coloquium on Historical Demography organized by Committee Sciences and Union Scientific Study Population held in Kristiansand Norway September 7-9 1979. The colloquium focused theme remarriage its effects fertility (SUMMARY IN ENG FRE) (ANNOTATION)

Problems concerning attempts to use the link between malnutrition and mortality explain demography of past are examined. In particular author notes that there is substantial evidence achievement good nutritional patterns did not cause significant declines in factors other than nutrition may have been main determinants historical population growth. (ANNOTATION)

It is hypothesized that changes in fertility around the turn of century were associated with rise and fall pellagra itself a consequence changing nutritional dietary patterns population. That malnutrition can impair functions human reproductive process particularly during famine starvation an accepted fact but opinions differ considerably on evaluation dimensions depressing effects chronic malnutrition. The historical documentation available does not permit detailed analysis mechanisms...

There is a dead body on the sidewalk in front of skyscraper. Whether it fell from fourth or fortieth floor irrelevant for coroner who has to determine direct cause death. It was, beyond doubt, impact with pavement. On other hand, police investigating death are interested determining which fell: was he pushed, and by whom, did commit suicide? Hispaniola’s Tainos, few decades after Columbus’ landfall, completed their course extinction. This relatively well-established fact. But what were...

The Jesuits' political, social, and economic régime had a profound impact on the Guaraní demographic system. In relatively long period of peace stability, between early 1640s 1730s, population increased from 40,000 to more than 140,000. spite high mortality recurrent epidemics introduced abroad, emphasis monogamous unions maintained birth rate at maximum level under normal conditions, generating large enough surplus births relative deaths compensate for deªcits during years crisis. expulsion...

ACCELERATED INDUSTRIALIZATION, increased appropriation of grain from the peasants, forced collectivization, liquidation kulaks, production declines, and hunger are main links in a chain events that led to famine 193233 Soviet Union millions deaths. Almost daily, new information is added our knowledge tragic period; however, its political, economic, social history now probably completely known lines. The demography those years also assuming more precise profile as data retrieved archives,...

En el Alto Amazonas, después de la desastrosa penetración inicial los colonos españoles, jesuitas empezaron tarea evangelización en 1638. Una red misiones cubrió todo territorio y se recogieron estadísticas. El sistema demográfico indígena caracterizó por su alta movilidad gran fragmentación algunas comunidades, además rápida rotación población las misiones. La intrusión ibérica aumentó esta muchas naciones migraron fuera zonas ribereñas (várzea) hacia selva, donde condiciones vida eran...

Mankind is passing through an exceptional phase of accelerated population growth that generates anxiety about the future. How many billion people will share limited resources our globe a century from now? What be consequences globalization for human behaviour? individuals react to emerging new constraints? climate change society? Obviously enough, history cannot offer operational answers these crucial questions. Nevertheless, offers some interesting insights into demographic behaviour...