Publisher description for A population history of the United States / Herbert S. Klein.
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This is the first full-scale one-volume survey of the demographic history of America. It starts with the arrival of humans in the Western Hemisphere and ends with the current century. The basic trends in the growth of the national population are analyzed over centuries, the origin and distribution of the pre-European American Indian is outlined, and the free and servile nature of European and African immigration is explained. Regional patterns of marriage and fertility, and disease and mortality in the pre-1800 European and African population are examined and compared with contemporary European developments. The decline of disease and mortality in the twentieth century is explained and the late 20th century changes in family structure and fertility detailed. The creation of inner city ghettos form a vital part of recent trends along with the return of new waves of foreign immigrants in the face of declining native births.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: United States Population History