Uncle Sam's family : issues in and perspectives on American demographic history

Uncle Sam's Family
	Contents
	Illustrations
	Tables
	Preface
	Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding our World
		A Look at the Past
		Theories and Themes
		Sources
		Who Is a Demographic Historian?
	Chapter 2 Revolutions in Childbearing in Nineteenth-Century America
		The Subject and Its Interest
		The Sources and What They Tell Us
		Why the Change?
			1. Ethnic and Racial Differences
			2. Urbanization
			3. Land Scarcity
			4. Scarcity in General
			5. Occupation and Income
			6. Attitudes and Values
		Black Childbearing—Similar or Different?
		Techniques of Family Limitation
		Birth Control—A Different Meaning
		What is Known
	Chapter 3 Matters of Life and Death
		Interest in the Subject
		Records
		Some Current Issues
			1. Indian Mortality
			2. Mortality In Early Virgina
			3. The Health Of Slaves
			4. Longer Lives Since 1880—Why?
			5. Defining Disease
			6. Doctors In Their Society
			7. The Meaning Of Death
	Chapter 4 Migration in American History
		The Subject and Its Interest
		Studying Migrations: Definitions, Theories, and Sources
			1. Definitions
			2. Theories
			3. The Sources And What They Tell Us
		Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Migration
			1. Land And People
			2. Water
			3. Cities And Transportation
			4. Language And Migration
			5. Migration And America's History
	Chapter 5 Demographic Change and Family Life in American History: Some Reflections
		Demography and Families
		Thinking about Families
		Demographic Change and Family Life
		Conclusion
	References and Readings
		Chapter 1
		Chapter 2
		Chapter 3
		Chapter 4
		Chapter 5
	Index
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