Quality of Life and Mortality in Seventeenth Century London and Dublin

Thomas E. Jordan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 70 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-44367-6 (ISBN)

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This book provides an examination of the quantitative and qualitative factors affecting mortality in two major cities of the British Isles: London and Dublin. It covers a scale from individuals mentioned by name to aggregates of mortality data in the Bills of Mortality. Focusing on the Seventeenth Century, the book pays attention to the Great Plague of 1665, and to earlier years in which epidemics decimated populations.
To the average person living in the seventeenth century, life was a series of challenges. Mortality among the young was high, and for those who survived early childhood, death in their fifties was fairly typical. Men and women might aspire to a longer life span, but even the healthiest practices were no guarantee when the overall quality of life was low. With fatal illnesses exemplified by typhoid fever on the one hand, and the arrival of yersinia pestis - plague through ports on the Mediterranean at regular intervals of several years, on the other, mortality became a foreseeable event.

Thomas E. Jordan is Emeritus Curators' Professor of Child Development from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he served as Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Graduate School. He is a recipient of the research prize of the Royal Society of Health for his longitudinal study of delayed mental development in children. Dr. Jordan is the author of several books on Ireland, including a three-volume series on the censuses of Ireland, 1821-1911.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Quality of Life.- The Bills of Mortality.- Chapter 2. London.- John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations.- Life Tables.- Therapy.- Quality of Life.- The Intellectual Environment.- The Parish.- Chapter 3. Dublin.- Quality of Life.- Infant Survival Rate.- Required Calories.- Per Capita £GPA.- Health.- Safety.- Emotional Well-Being.- Social Loneliness.- Social Amenities.- Individual Conditions.- Individual Resources.- Satisfaction, Happiness.- Dubliners.- The Amenity Index and Mortality.- Chapter 4. Commentary.- The Cultural Setting.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 70 p. 9 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	Dublin's Bills of Mortality • Dublin’s Bills of Mortality • Emotional Well-Being • Great Plague of 1665 • Happiness and Satisfaction • Health and Quality of Life in London and Dublin • Health Psychology • John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations • John Graunt’s Natural and Political Observations • Life Expectancy at Birth in Dublin • Qualitative Factors Affecting Quality of Life • Quality of Life and Mortality • Quality of Life in the Early Modern Era • Quality of Life in the Seventeenth Century • Quality of Life Research • Quantitative Factors Affecting Quality of Life • Social Sciences
ISBN-10	3-319-44367-4 / 3319443674
ISBN-13	978-3-319-44367-6 / 9783319443676
Zustand	Neuware