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128 W. M. FRUIN matched and overcome by nature. These findings support the long-held Malthusian conviction that high mortality levels have shaped the course and content of life for most men. Nature, not man, commanded preindustrial society, yet within the contours of fate set by nature, man persisted by working changes within his world, and migration was one important device for change. Department of History, California State University, Hayward Announcement Permanent European Conference on the Study of the Rural Landscape Preliminary notice The next conference will be held in Denmark in 1979, probably in early July and based at a college near Copenhagen. Conference papers and excursions will concentrate upon three themes : 1. Continuity and change in rural settlement location. 2. The manorial system and its impact on the rural landscape. 3. Place-name studies and their significance in settlement research. The Danish organizer will be Professor Viggo Hansen, Geografisk Centralinstitut, Karbenhavns Universitet, Haraldsgade 68, 2100 Karbenhavn 0. Enquiries and requests for futher details should be sent to him at that address.
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128 W. M. FRUIN
matched and overcome by nature. These findings support the long-held Malthusian conviction that high mortality levels have shaped the course and content of life for most men. Nature, not man, commanded preindustrial society, yet within the contours of fate set by nature, man persisted by working changes within his world, and migration was one important device for change.
Department of History, California State University, Hayward
Announcement
Permanent European Conference on the Study of the Rural Landscape
Preliminary notice
The next conference will be held in Denmark in 1979, probably in early July and based at a college near Copenhagen.
Conference papers and excursions will concentrate upon three themes :
1. Continuity and change in rural settlement location. 2. The manorial system and its impact on the rural landscape. 3. Place-name studies and their significance in settlement research.
The Danish organizer will be Professor Viggo Hansen, Geografisk Centralinstitut, Karbenhavns Universitet, Haraldsgade 68, 2100 Karbenhavn 0. Enquiries and requests for futher details should be sent to him at that address.
