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Demographic avant-garde : Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and Shoah / Jana Vobecká.
LIBRA DS135.C96 B642 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vobecká, Jana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Population--History--19th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Population--History--20th century.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Social conditions--19th century.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Social conditions--20th century.
- Demographic transition--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--19th century.
- Demographic transition.
- Demographic transition--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--20th century.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Population.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Ethnic relations.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic).
- Czech Republic--Bohemia.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 225 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Budapest : Central European University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Concept of a Demographic Avant-Garde: Three Keys
- Chapter 1 Population Change, Demographic Transition and Its Forerunners 3
- Chapter 2 Historical Context: The Case of Jews in Bohemia 15
- Chapter 3 Data Sources: Correct Use and Interpretation 33
- Part 2 Jewish Population Development in Bohemia: Trends and Transitions from the Mid-Eighteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Century
- Chapter 4 Population Growth and Spatial Distribution 43
- Chapter 5 Population Structure: Sex, Age, and Marital Status 57
- Chapter 6 Marital Patterns: Nuptiality and Divorce 67
- Chapter 7 Fertility 77
- Chapter 8 Mortality and Causes of Death 97
- Chapter 9 Natural Population Increase, Migration, Religious Disaffiliation, and Acculturation 111
- Part 3 Social and Economic Characteristics of Jews in Bohemia
- Chapter 10 Linguistic Identity and Ethnicity 127
- Chapter 11 Education System and Enrolment 135
- Chapter 12 Social Status, Professional Structure, and Economic Contributions 145.
- Notes:
- "The current book differs markedly from the previous version, Populační vývoj Židů v Čechách v 19. a první třetině 20. století, published in Czech in 2007"--Introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Edition:
- Expanded version of: Vobecká, Jana.
- ISBN:
- 9786155225338
- 6155225338
- OCLC:
- 820531609
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