Demography in Early America : Beginnings of the Statistical Mind, 1600–1800

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 O...
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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 Ausführliche Beschreibung