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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cain, Louis P.
The children of Eve : population and well-being in history / Louis P. Cain and Donald G. Paterson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4443-3689-4 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4443-3690-0 (paperback)
1. PopulationHistory. 2. Well-beingHistory. 3. Economic history. I. Paterson, Donald G.,
1942 II. Title.
HB871.C347 2012
304.609dc23
2011032626
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This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDF [9781118169629]; ePub [9781118169636]; Mobi [9781118169643]
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List of Figures, Tables, and Appendices
Figures
Eve and her Daughters, the mtDNA Pattern of Evolution |
Logistic Growth |
Model of Population Size Over 100 Years (compound rates of growth) |
The Demographic Transition |
Changing Composition of GDP by Sector during the Industrial Transition |
Index of Real Earnings and Trend in England (and after 1707 Great Britain), 12642009 |
Real GDP Per Capita for the United States, Annually, 17912000 |
Kuznets Curve and Index of Income Inequality |
Aging of the Populations of Selected OECD Countries, 19502050, Actual and Projected |
Annual Average Labor Force Participation, United States, 19482005 |
Married Female Labor Force Participation in the US, 18802000 |
World Population Growth Rates, Actual and Projections, 19502050 |
Causes of Child (Under Five) Mortality World-Wide, 20002003 |
Infant Mortality Rate, United States, 18502000 deaths of infants 0 to 5 years old per 1000 of live births |
Probability of Dying for Selected Birth Cohorts, Canada, 18011940 |
Life Expectancy at Birth for Males, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States, 1750 2000 |
Life Expectancy at Birth of US Males and Females in the 20th Century |
The Probability of Survival in History, Rectangularization |
Urban Mortality in London by Month, 1670 and 1800 |
Crude Death Rates in Western Europe and North America, 1750 to the Present a Europe: Norway and Sweden b Europe: England (and Wales) and France c North America: The United States and Canada |
Time Taken for Population Doubling With Different Growth Rates |
Annual Age Specific (Nuptial) Fertility Rates for Dariusleut Hutterites, 19615 and 19815 |
Intergenerational Income Transfers and Implicit Pensions |
Mean Age at First Marriage, England 16002003 |
Mean Age at First Marriage in the 20th Century, UK and US |
Percentage of Marriages of First Married Couples by Age of Bride for England and Wales, 1991, 2001 and 2006 |
Percentage of the Native-Born Population (Aged 4554) Which Never Married, 18502000 |
The Timing of Births: White and Black Births in Virginia, 16511744 and US Births (All Races), 19471976 |
Finnish CDRs and CBRs in the 19th century |
The Fertility Decline: Two and a Half Centuries of Birth Rates from 1750 a Europe: Norway and Sweden b Europe: England (and Wales) and France c North America: The United States d North America: Quebec/Canada |
Expected Wage Profiles by Location |
Import of Black Slaves to the British West Indies, British North America and the US, 16301800 |
Annual Emigration of the British by Destination, 18251849 |
Emigration from Europe by Decade, 18511960 |
The Irish Population from the Great Famine to the Present |
Probability of Entering the Migratory Stream by Age |
Periods of Rapid Urbanization, England and Wales and the United States, 17502000 |
Percentage of the Worlds Population in Urban Areas, Actual and Projected, 19502050 |
The Percentage of the US White and Black Populations, Living in Urban Areas, 18801990 |
Real Income Per Capita Disparities: The Historic Regional Pattern |
The Demographic Transition, 1750 to the Present a Europe: Norway and Sweden b Europe: England and Wales c Europe: France d North America: United States e North America: Canada |
Household Size by Decade in the United States from 1850 to 1990 |
Divorce in the United States and England and Wales, 19202007 |
Poverty Rates in United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, 19592007/8 |
Secular Trends in the Daily Calorific Supply Per Person in France and Great Britain, 17001989 |
The US Antebellum Height Puzzle |
Historical Human Developments Indexes, Select Countries, 17551980 |