British Population History From the Black Death to the Present Day [Hardcover]

The only comprehensive survey of British population from the Black Death to the present day, aimed at students and their teachers.This book provides the only single volume survey of trends in English population history from the medieval period to the present day. The studies are written in a non-technical style, and are aimed at students and teachers who wish to familiarize themselves with the main issues and debates.This book provides the only single volume survey of trends in English population history from the medieval period to the present day. The studies are written in a non-technical style, and are aimed at students and teachers who wish to familiarize themselves with the main issues and debates.This book brings together in one volume the four studies on British population history already published in the series New Studies in Economic and Social History, and adds to them a new essay on British population in the twentieth century. The book provides the only single volume survey of trends in English population history from the medieval period to the present day. The studies are written in a nontechnical style, and are aimed at students and teachers who wish to familiarize themselves with the main issues and debates. Full bibliographies for further study are included.1. Editor's introduction Michael Anderson; 2. Plague, Population, and the English Economy, 13481530 John Hatcher; 3. The Population History of Britain and Ireland, 15001750 R. A. Houston; 4. Population Change in North-Western Europe, 17001850 Michael Anderson; 5. The Population of Britain in the Nineteenth Century Robert Woods; 6. British Population History, 19111991 Michael Anderson.'By collecting the pamphlets into a single volume and providing newcomers to the subject in what a masterly, up-to-date overview of the progress of demographic trends from medieval times to the early 1990s, the Economic History Society has done a valuable service.' English Historical Review