Spagnoli P G
Department of History, Boston College.
J Fam Hist. 1997;22(4):425-61. doi: 10.1177/036319909702200403.
This article seeks to draw historians' attention to a neglected reconstruction of the French population and its mortality rates developed by the Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques in the 1970s. The reconstruction shows a sharp decline in French mortality rates, beginning in the 1790s and continuing through the 1820s. This conflicts with recent historiography stressing the negative effects of the Revolution. This article contends that the reconstruction is plausible and that the French mortality decline was unique in Europe in this period. In turn, this suggests that the Revolution had a much more favorable impact than many historians would have us believe.
本文旨在提请历史学家关注国家人口研究所于20世纪70年代进行的一项被忽视的法国人口及其死亡率重建研究。该重建研究表明，法国的死亡率自18世纪90年代开始急剧下降，并持续到19世纪20年代。这与近期强调法国大革命负面影响的历史编纂学观点相冲突。本文认为该重建研究是合理的，且这一时期法国死亡率的下降在欧洲是独一无二的。反过来，这表明大革命产生的积极影响比许多历史学家让我们相信的要大得多。
