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PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691042683
ISBN-139780691042688
eBay Product ID (ePID)354931
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameFatal Years : Child Mortality in Late Nineteenth-Century America
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChildren's Studies, United States / 20th Century
Publication Year1991
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorMichael R. Haines, Samuel H. Preston
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN90-045129
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal304.6/4/083
SynopsisFatal Years is the first systematic study of child mortality in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Exploiting newly discovered data from the 1900 Census of Population, Samuel Preston and Michael Haines present their findings in a volume that is not only a pioneering work of demography but also an accessible and moving historical narrative. Despite having a rich, well-fed, and highly literate population, the United States had exceptionally high child-mortality levels during this period: nearly one out of every five children died before the age of five. Preston and Haines challenge accepted opinion to show that losses in privileged social groups were as appalling as those among lower classes. Improvements came only with better knowledge about infectious diseases and greater public efforts to limit their spread. The authors look at a wide range of topics, including differences in mortality in urban versus rural areas and the differences in child mortality among various immigration groups. "Fatal Years is an extremely important contribution to our understanding of child mortality in the United States at the turn of the century. The new data and its analysis force everyone to reconsider previous work and statements about U.S. mortality in that period. The book will quickly become a standard in the field."--Maris A. Vinovskis, University of Michigan Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
LC Classification NumberHB1323.C52U655 1991
