The author describes population dynamics in Europe before the Industrial Revolution, with chapters on spatial distribution, the food supply, disease, and a demographic system regulated primarily by changes in marriage and migration patterns. The last two chapters are devoted to the demographic transition that occurred in the nineteenth century and to the demographic situation that has emerged in the period following that transition. The republic's population during the last 100 years. Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. Population trends in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan over the past 100 years are reviewed.
Consideration is given to the changes in the republic's ethnic composition over the years.
Current Rates and Estimates Studies of censal and other estimates based on current data, together with the relevant methodological studies. Includes studies from World War II up to the present day. He discusses in detail the assumptions upon which the projections were based, noting that fertility on average was somewhat lower than expected despite a slight increase toward the end of the decade. Other topics discussed include a leveling-off in female life expectancy and uncertainties in the estimation of the balance of immigration. Paris Cedex 20, France.