Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society

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Although Western societies cannot escape from images of famine in the present world, their direct experience of widespread hunger has receded into the past. England was one of the very first countries to escape from the shadow of famine; in this volume a team of distinguished economic, social and demographic historians analyses why. Focusing on England (whose experience is contrasted with France), the contributions combine detailed local studies of individual communities, broader analyses of the impact of hunger and disease, and methodological discussion to explore the effects of crisis mortality on early modern societies.

‘Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society, a worthy tribute to the late Andrew B. Appleby is to be welcomed for its staunch determination to set historical demography in the thick of a total history, one in which the study of populations, nutrition and human biology is mediated through the practices and ideologies of society at large. In what is an unusually integrated collection of essays - all eight authors address a tight repertoire of issues - the role of human agency, responding to pressures and prospects, is constantly raised.’

Roy Porter Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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List of contributors
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List of figures
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Andrew Appleby: A personal appreciation
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- By Peter Laslett, Cambridge Group for the History of Population Trinity College
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A bibliography of Andrew B. Appleby's principal works in chronological order
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List of abbreviations
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1 - Famine, disease and crisis mortality in early modern society
pp 1-74
- By John Walter, University of Essex, Roger Schofield, Cambridge Group for the History of Population Clare College
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2 - The social economy of dearth in early modern England
pp 75-128
- By John Walter, University of Essex
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3 - Death in Whickham
pp 129-166
- By Keith Wrightson, University of Cambridge, of Jesus College, David Levine, Ontario Institute for Studies in Toronto
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4 - The response to plague in early modern England: public policies and their consequences
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- By Paul Slack, Exeter College, Oxford
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5 - Demographic crises and subsistence crises in France, 1650-1725
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- By Jacques Dupâquier, Laboratoire de Demographie Historique, Paris
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6 - Markets and mortality in France, 1600–1789
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- By David R. Weir, Yale University
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7 - Some reflections on corn yields and prices in pre-industrial economies
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- By E.A. Wrigley, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
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8 - Family structure, demographic behaviour, and economic growth
pp 279-304
- By Roger Schofield, Fellow of Clare College
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Consolidated bibliography
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Index
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Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of contributors
pp viii-viii

List of figures
pp ix-ix

List of tables
pp x-x

Andrew Appleby: A personal appreciation
pp xi-xii

A bibliography of Andrew B. Appleby's principal works in chronological order
pp xiii-xiii

List of abbreviations
pp xiv-xiv

1 - Famine, disease and crisis mortality in early modern society
pp 1-74

2 - The social economy of dearth in early modern England
pp 75-128

3 - Death in Whickham
pp 129-166

4 - The response to plague in early modern England: public policies and their consequences
pp 167-188

5 - Demographic crises and subsistence crises in France, 1650-1725
pp 189-200

6 - Markets and mortality in France, 1600–1789
pp 201-234

7 - Some reflections on corn yields and prices in pre-industrial economies
pp 235-278

8 - Family structure, demographic behaviour, and economic growth
pp 279-304

Consolidated bibliography
pp 305-330

Index
pp 331-335

Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
pp 336-336

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