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Cassedy, James H.

Demography in Early America : Beginnings of the Statistical Mind, 1600-1800 / James H. Cassedy. - Reprint 2013 - 1 online resource (357 p.) : illustrated

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. The Demographic Factor in an Age of Colonization -- Chapter II. Vital Events of a Puritan Community -- Chapter III. Colonization and Political Arithmetic 1660-1700 -- Chapter IV. All the King's Men: Counting Souls 1660-1775 -- Chapter V. Divine Order and Vital Human Events -- Chapter VI. Colonial Bills of Mortality 1700-1775 -- Chapter VII. Virgin Land, Teeming Women -- Chapter VIII. The Numerical Basis of Revolt -- Chapter IX. The Statistical Mind in the New Nation -- Chapter Χ. Length of Human Life in the Garden -- Chapter XI. The Statistical Approach to Disease -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674731134 9780674732223

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674732223 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Allgemeine Statistiken.
Population Growth.
Population.
Vital Statistics.
Vital statistics.
Population Growth -- history.
United States -- Statistical services -- History.
United States -- Statistics, Vital -- History.
HISTORY / United States / General.

LC Class. No.: HA37.U55

Dewey Class. No.: 310/.0973