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Early English Censuses
E. A. . Ed(S): Wrigley
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Description for Early English Censuses
Hardback. The censuses from the first half of the nineteenth century provided invaluable information about English economy and society. This new edition corrects earlier errors and omissions, in particular to make good the failure to record men in the armed forces and at sea. An accompanying CD contains the largest data tables. Editor(s): Wrigley, E. A. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
The early English censuses (1801-1851) provide a mine of information about England in the early nineteenth century but the totals which they contain needs to be treated with care. They contain many arithmetical and printing errors, a significant number of returns are missing, and a unit with the same name in successive censuses might have changed boundaries. There are also problems of coverage. Infants and young children were substantially under-reported and men in the army, navy, and merchant marine were not included, which affected the censuses of the Napoleonic war period significantly. Moreover, in 1851 the basic units of the ... Read more
The early English censuses (1801-1851) provide a mine of information about England in the early nineteenth century but the totals which they contain needs to be treated with care. They contain many arithmetical and printing errors, a significant number of returns are missing, and a unit with the same name in successive censuses might have changed boundaries. There are also problems of coverage. Infants and young children were substantially under-reported and men in the army, navy, and merchant marine were not included, which affected the censuses of the Napoleonic war period significantly. Moreover, in 1851 the basic units of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Records of Social and Economic History New Series
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197264799
SKU
V9780197264799
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Reviews for Early English Censuses
an important resource which will no doubt be of enormous value
Chris Galley, Local Population Studies
an invaluable addition to the Records of Social and Economic History series ... a major achievement and provides an updated source of considerable value and importance.
Northern History
Chris Galley, Local Population Studies
an invaluable addition to the Records of Social and Economic History series ... a major achievement and provides an updated source of considerable value and importance.
Northern History