The interacting effects of prices and weather on population cycles in a preindustrial community

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-32

  Scott, Susan ^a   Duncan, S R ^b   Duncan, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD NUTRITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FOOD; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMALLPOX; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER; WINTER;

CLIMATE; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRICES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMERCE; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; POPULATION CYCLE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, PENRITH;

EID: 0031597733     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098000157     Document Type: Article

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