Death and the Metropolis

Death and the Metropolis

Author: John Landers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-11-02

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780521028547

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A powerful analysis of demographic patterns in London over the 'long eighteenth century', concentrating on mortality but also including data on marital fertility, population structure and migration. The evidence indicates that mortality in London was generally much higher than in other settlements in England.