Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Chapter I. The Demographic Factor in an Age of Colonization 1
5. Chapter II. Vital Events of a Puritan Community 23
6. Chapter III. Colonization and Political Arithmetic 1660-1700 41
7. Chapter IV. All the King's Men: Counting Souls 1660-1775 59
8. Chapter V. Divine Order and Vital Human Events 91
9. Chapter VI. Colonial Bills of Mortality 1700-1775 117
10. Chapter VII. Virgin Land, Teeming Women 148
11. Chapter VIII. The Numerical Basis of Revolt 180
12. Chapter IX. The Statistical Mind in the New Nation 206
13. Chapter Χ. Length of Human Life in the Garden 243
14. Chapter XI. The Statistical Approach to Disease 274
15. Epilogue 305
16. Bibliographical Notes 313
17. Index 339