Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive analysis of American vital statistics and migration patterns up to the Civil War.
Table of Contents
List of tables; Preface; Map 1: regions of the United States; 1. Introduction and summary; 2. Migration model: closed population; 3. Migration model: adjustments for international migration; 4. Interregional migration estimates 1800-60; 5. White population: birth rates, death rates, and rates of natural increase; 6. Negro population: birth rates, death rates, rates of natural increase, and manumissions; 7. Conclusions; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.