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1 online resource (xii, 406 pages) : graphs, 3 maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"This book provides a fresh perspective on the population history of Italy during the late Republic. It employs a range of sources and a multidisciplinary approach to investigate demographic trends and the demographic behaviour of Roman citizens. Dr Hin shows how they adapted to changing economic, climatic and social conditions in a period of intense conquest. Her critical evaluation of the evidence on the demographic toll taken by warfare and rising societal complexity leads her to a revisionist 'middle count' scenario of population development in Italy. In tracing the population history of an ancient conquest society, she provides an accessible pathway into Roman demography which focuses on the three main demographic parameters - mortality, fertility and migration. She unites literary and epigraphic sources with demographic theory, archaeological surveys, climatic and skeletal evidence, models and comparative data. Tables, figures and maps enable readers to visualise the quantitative dynamics at work"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Economic and ecological parameters -- Introduction -- Framing the economic setting -- Climate and climatic change -- |
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Part II: The demographic parameters -- Mortality -- Fertility -- Migration -- |
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Part III: Population size -- Counting Romans -- Archaeology and population. Demography from potshards? -- Summary and conclusion |
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Appendix 1: Known Roman census figures for the period 508 BCE-48 CE -- Appendix 2: Calculations of multiplier for scenarios I, II, and III in table 7.3 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mortality -- Italy -- History.
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Mortality. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
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Fertility, Human -- Italy -- History.
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Fertility, Human. |
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Migration, Internal -- Italy -- History.
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Migration, Internal. |
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Italy -- Population -- History.
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Population. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hin, Saskia, 1980- Demography of Roman Italy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107003934 (DLC) 2012030786 (OCoLC)804145736 |
| ISBN |
9781107314023 electronic book |
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110731402X electronic book |
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9780511782305 electronic book |
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0511782306 electronic book |
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9781107308473 |
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110730847X |
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9781107003934 hardback |
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1107003938 |
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9781299008922 |
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1299008925 |
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9781107306271 (Proquest Ebook Central) |
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1107306272 |
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