Kenyan Communities in the Age of Imperialism: The Central Region in the Late Nineteenth Century

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
John Lonsdale ◽  
Charles H. Ambler



1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Coombs

This essay examines ethnicity, nuptuality, and fertility in four central Wisconsin counties which typified newly opened areas in the North Central Region during the late nineteenth century. Frontier settlement was largely a family affair involving far more immigrants than native-born migrants. Central Wisconsin settlers had higher child-woman ratios than their national counterparts because they were more likely to be married, and their children were more apt to survive infancy. Interrelated factors involving marriage patterns, religious beliefs, residence, and husbands occupation were responsible for the fertility differentials among the ethnic groups within the region.



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