ASH 3002y Class Notes
March 24, 1999

The American Multiplication Table

Establishment of the census:

• Historical background

Historical Demography:

• discussion of Wrigley
• Benjamin Franklin's comments on American demographics: "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.," (1751)

What kinds of questions might we ask of this kind of data?

• The example of  Michael R. Haines, "Fertility and Marriage in a Nineteenth-Century Industrial City: Philadelphia, 1850-1880," Journal of Economic History  40.1 (Mar. 1980): 151-158.

Explorations of  the United States Historical Data Census Browser:

• Presentation of your queries