Taken from PrefaceIt is the intention of this thesis to examine late settlement on the wastes of former royal hunting forests in Yorkshire. Three forests only were selected for study in detail; those of Bowland, Knaresborough, and Pickering, but they were well spaced across the former county of Yorkshire with their extremities extending virtually from coast to coast. Although their origins were diverse, and they show considerable differences, they were chosen largely on account of their unifying characteristic - the fact that all became part eventually of the Duchy of Lancaster.This is of some importance since it conveys uniformity to a principal source of information - the lists of those fined at the forest courts for illegal encroachment on the forest wastes. It was, in fact, the principal means of colonisation ' in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the existence of many such lists at the Public Record Office - most particularly for the Forest of Knaresborough - constitutes a hitherto untapped source, for this Forest at least. It is clear that lists of names are of little use unless they can be related to particular places, and this information is never given explicitly. A large part of the research was therefore concerned with correlation of different sources with this end in view. In the process, it was discovered that other civil sources, too, were capable of revealing more about the geographical location of individuals than they are normally given credit for, particularly when used in conjunction with parish registers by utilising the technique of family reconstitution.

Although evidence of settlement contraction in the form of earthworks and empty house sites is to be found throughout England, the timing and causes of village 'shrinkage' have received little attention from historians. This thesis examines the occurrence and causes of settlement contraction in an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire between the mid 17th century and mid 18th century. Nationally this was a period when general population stagnation coincided with marked urban expansion suggesting widespread rural depopulation. A comparison of the number of households or families in rural townships in the East Riding in the 1670s and 1740s confirms a substantial drop in the size of many settlements. Using detailed documentary material relating to individual townships the possible causes of settlement contraction are explored. Epidemic disease, the implementation of the 'settlement acts', agrarian reorganization, agricultural depression, and migration and urban growth all contributed to decline in village population, but this study concludes that the primary factor for determining the occurrence and extent of contraction was the nature of landownership in individual settlements. Two chapters are devoted to examining the physical impact which contraction had upon settlements showing that, whilst the 'shrunken' village was the most common outcome, desertion of villages between 1660 and 1760 also occurred. The study concludes by providing evidence for rural depopulation at this period elsewhere in England, and demonstrates that the experience of the East Riding was far from unusual.

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This thesis examines the work, family and leisure lives of heterosexual dual-earner couples with dependent children in the United Kingdom. The primary aim is to explore, analyse and assess the role played by leisure in the lifestyles of dual-earner couples. The thesis looks at how paid and unpaid work, family and leisure interact across the lifecourse and within dual-earner couples. Part I begins by locating dual-earner families within a social-historical, political and policy context. Firstly, the social history of the family as a productive unit is used to deconstruct the concept of dual-earning and its varying meanings over time. Secondly, large-scale statistical data are drawn on to track the growth of dual-earning since the 1970s in the context of widespread socio-demographic changes in Britain. In addition, the extent to which dual-earner families are the object of political and policy concern is examined in a review of family-related policy-making and political rhetoric in Britain and the European Union. A theoretical framework for the thesis is established from a review of the social science and leisure studies literature on dual-earner families. A 'gender constructivist' approach, developed from a body of largely second wave feminist work since the 1970s in the social sciences, is adopted as an analytic tool to study dual-earner families. The fieldwork for the thesis included in-depth interviews and life histories with both partners in 14 dual-earner couples with dependent children. The analyses in Part II of the thesis focus on the work and family histories of partners, the relationships between work, family and leisure for individuals at different stages in the lifecourse and the contextual meanings of leisure, which are shown to be dynamic and mutually dependent both for individuals and between partners. The results from the empirical work reveal the complex patterns of daily life in dual-earner families. Work, family and leisure was also shown to be highly gendered. Women and men had different lifestyle priorities after the birth of children. The primary difference was women's greater tendency to relinquish leisure in the light of other demands and men's ability to retain relatively autonomous leisure throughout the lifecourse. The findings also uncovered some of the complicated processes of negotiation within the couple unit that acted to construct and reconstruct gendered lifestyles. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the value of considering leisure as a central component in investigations of lifestyle across the lifecourse and highlights the crucial role it plays in the formation and maintenance of gender relations within the home.

Univ., Diss. u.d.T.: Mortalitätsanalyse in der Historischen Demographie--Rostock, 2004, die Erstellung von Periodensterbetafeln unter Anwendung der Growth-Balance-Methode und statistischer Testverfahren. / Literaturverz. S. 177 - 202.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2008. / Title from file title page. Frank J. Whittington, committee chair; Elisabeth O. Burgess, Toshi Kii, committee members. Electronic text (189 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Sept. 17, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1931. / Vita. Published also as Studies in history, economics and public law, enl. by the Facutly of political science of Columbia university, no. 343. "List of materials used": p. 223-236.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Syracuse University, 2005. / "Publication number AAT 3193854."

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Glenn H. Doran, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Anthropology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 7, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 73 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

<p> Actualmente, Puerto Rico est&aacute; atravesando la transici&oacute;n demogr&aacute;fica, lo que provoca que la poblaci&oacute;n envejecida est&eacute; aumentando. Este reto es debido a la reducci&oacute;n en las tasas de natalidad, las altas tasas de migraci&oacute;n, las tasas de mortalidad; el mismo tiene diversas implicaciones sociales. La religi&oacute;n, como elemento pro-social, sirve como herramienta para lidiar con los diversos desaf&iacute;os que atraviesan los adultos mayores; demostrando una influencia positiva en la vida y en la salud de estos individuos. No obstante, la religi&oacute;n como factor en las investigaciones demogr&aacute;ficas, no ha sido estudiada en Puerto Rico. </p><p> Por consiguiente, existe una necesidad de proveer informaci&oacute;n sobre las caracter&iacute;sticas sociodemogr&aacute;ficas de las personas de 60 a&ntilde;os o m&aacute;s por grupo religioso, sus caracter&iacute;sticas religiosas, sus redes de apoyo y su estado de salud, ya que estas variables influyen en la vida del envejecido. Se utiliz&oacute; un estudio descriptivo, trabajando con la base de datos &ldquo;Condiciones de Salud de los Adultos de Edad Mayor en Puerto Rico: 2002-2003&rdquo; (conocido por sus siglas en ingl&eacute;s, PREHCO). Los resultados y discusi&oacute;n de este trabajo, les proveer&aacute;n a los lectores un mejor marco para estudiar la influencia de la religi&oacute;n en estos individuos. Adem&aacute;s, se espera que esta investigaci&oacute;n despierte el inter&eacute;s de profesionales de la salud y l&iacute;deres religiosos, para as&iacute; poder realizar distintos planes de acci&oacute;n o pol&iacute;ticas p&uacute;blicas para trabajar con esta poblaci&oacute;n vulnerable.</p><p>