Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 166 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
Historical Perspectives
Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 166 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
ISBN: 978-94-007-4389-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This birefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this study include memoirs, diaries, poems, church records and numerical accounts. They offer descriptions of the quality of life and child mortality over the three centuries under study. Additional sources for the nineteenth century are two census-derived numerical indexes of the quality of life. They are the VICQUAL index for England and Wales, and the QUALEIRE index for Ireland. Statistical procedures have been applied to the numbers provided by the sources with the aim to identify effects of and associations between such variables as gender, age, and social background. The briefs examines the results to consider the impact of children’s deaths upon parents and families, and concludes that there are differences and continuities across the centuries.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Mortality.- Chapter 2. Quality of Life.- Chapter 3. Death of Children in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries.- Chapter 4. Children’s Mortality in England and Wales, 1838 – 1902.- Chapter 5. Birth, Life, and Death in Dublin 1649 - 1798.- Chapter 6. Children’s Mortality in Ireland 1864 – 1902. Chapter 7. Mortality Among Children.- References.-