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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PART III: EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES -- 17 LAND AND POPULATION IN IRELAND 1780-1845 -- 18 THE POPULATION OF FRANCE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- Problems -- Sources available -- Evaluations -- Evolution of the population during the eighteenth century -- Age distribution -- Mortality -- Fertility and birth-control -- Marriage and celibacy -- Age at first marriage -- Résumé and conclusion -- 19 RECENT THEORIES AND RESEARCH IN FRENCH POPULATION BETWEEN 1500 AND 1700 -- The sources -- The sixteenth century -- The seventeenth century -- 20 THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POPULATION OF FRANCE SINCE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- The choice of indices of measurement -- Demographic statistics from 1806 to 1850 -- Reconstruction of the age-composition of the population -- Corrections for losses due to the war -- Demographic statistics before 1800 -- Fertility and mortality before 1771 -- Nuptiality around 1770 -- Mortality since 1771 -- Fertility since 1770 -- Some general points -- 21 DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS IN FRANCE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- Epidemics -- Epidemics and dearth -- Mortality in times of crisis -- The fall in births -- 22 TWO ESSAYS ON POPULATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SCANDINAVIA -- A survey of some recent work and current problems -- An outline of some population changes in Sweden ea. 1660-1750, and a discussion of some current issues -- 23 FINLAND'S POPULATION MOVEMENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- 24 FOUR CENTURIES OF ITALIAN DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTA -- 25 THE POPULATION OF BARMEN BEFORE AND DURING THE PERIOD OF INDUSTRIALIZATION -- 26 THE DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF FLANDERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- Literature and sources -- General development of the population -- Crude rates for births and marriages