A global history of historical demography : half a century of of interdisciplinarity / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux, Ioan Bolovan & Sølvi Sogner (eds)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fauve-Chamoux, A. (Antoinette), editor.

Bolovan, Ioan, editor.

Sogner, Sølvi, 1932- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography.

Physical Description:

xiv, 683 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bern : Peter Lang, [2016]

Summary:

At the XXIst World Congress of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS/CISH) in 2010 in Amsterdam, the International Commission for Historical Demography (ICHD) decided to write an overview of its own history. Fifty years had gone by since the CISH XIth World Congress in Stockholm 1960, when historians took the first tentative initiatives to create a wholly new interdisciplinary commission for historical demography, a meeting place for a budding discipline where researchers in letters and science could exchange ideas, cultivate and develop a new field. This book is the outcome of that decision. Demography, past present and future is a common concern for all inhabitants of this planet. The variation is great, however, with regard to sources, social and political conditions, state of the art technological development, national and local initiatives. In the course of half a century many changes take place. Keeping abreast of the gigantic streams of information and innovation in the field is demanding, even more so for a discipline with global dimensions and ambitions. The book makes fascinating reading, and preparing it has been a rewarding and thought provoking experience. The thirty-seven articles in the book represent as many different stories. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Historical Demography and International Network Developments (1928-2010) / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette 15

2 Historical Demography on Sub-Saharan Africa (1975-2010) / Dennis D. Cordell Cordell, Dennis D., Elizabeth Omoluabi Omoluabi, Elizabeth, Nancy Stiegler Stiegler, Nancy 67

3 Historical Demography in Argentina / Hernán Otero Otero, Hernán 87

4 Sources for an Australian Interdisciplinary Historical Demography / Rebecca Kippen Kippen, Rebecca, David Lucas Lucas, David 101

5 A Short History of Historical Demography in Austria. From a Population Issue to Special Scientific Discipline / Peter Teibenbacher Teibenbacher, Peter, Gudrun Exner Exner, Gudrun 117

6 Historical Demography in the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) / Dalia Leinarte Leinarte, Dalia, Andrejs Plakans Plakans, Andrejs, Toivo U. Raun Raun, Toivo U. 131

7 A History of Historical Demography in Belgium / Isabelle Devos Devos, Isabelle, Christa Matthys Matthys, Christa 157

8 Historical Demography in Canada / Béatrice Craig Craig, Béatrice 181

9 The Development of Chinese Historical Demography since 1950 / Zhongwei Zhao Zhao, Zhongwei 193

10 Historical Demography in the Czech Republic / Ladmila Fialova Fialova, Ladmila, Eduard Maur Maur, Eduard 213

11 Historical Demography in Denmark / Hans Chr. Johansen Johansen, Hans Chr. 225

12 A History of the Historical Demography of England and Wales / Peter Kitson Kitson, Peter 231

13 Historical Demography in Finland 1960-2010 / Beatrice Moring Moring, Beatrice 245

14 The French School of Historical Demography (1950-2000): Strengths and Weaknesses / Isabelle Séguy Séguy, Isabelle 257

15 Historical Demography in Germany / Rolf Gehrmann Gehrmann, Rolf 277

16 Historical Demography of Greek Populations / Violetta Hionidou Hionidou, Violetta 291

17 Historical Demography in Hungary: A History of Research / Tamás Faragó Faragó, Tamás 301

18 Historical Demography in Iceland, 1970-2011 / Olof Gardarsdottir Gardarsdottir, Olof 315

19 Indian Historical Demography / Ravindran Gopinath Gopinath, Ravindran 333

20 History of Historical Demography in Ireland / Christopher M. Kennedy Kennedy, Christopher M. 345

21 A History of Historical Demography in Italy / Lucia Pozzi Pozzi, Lucia, Eugenio Sonnino Sonnino, Eugenio 357

22 Historical Demography in Japan: Achievements and Problems / Akira Hayami Hayami, Akira 383

23 Family Demography in Traditional Choson Korea: Survival Strategies of Families / Kuentae Kim Kim, Kuentae 411

24 Historical Demography in Latin America: An Assessment / Maria Luiza Marcilio Marcilio, Maria Luiza 435

25 Mexican Historical Demography / Agustin Grajales Porras Porras, Agustin Grajales 451

26 Historical Demography in the Netherlands / Theo Engelen Engelen, Theo, Ad van der Woude Woude, Ad van der 467

27 Historical Demography in Norway 1960-2010 / Sølvi Sogner Sogner, Sølvi 499

28 Polish Historical Demography. Past, Present, Future / Cezary Kuklo Kuklo, Cezary 513

29 Historical Demography in Portugal (1950-2012) / Maria Norberta Amorim Amorim, Maria Norberta, Paulo Teodoro de Matos Matos, Paulo Teodoro de 533

30 Half a Century of Historical Demography in Romania (1960-2010) / Ioan Bolovan Bolovan, Ioan 549

31 Historical Demographia in Russia / Irina Troitskaia Troitskaia, Irina, Alexandre Avdeev Avdeev, Alexandre 563

32 Population History in Scotland: Opportunities Under-explored / Michael Anderson Anderson, Michael 581

33 Historical Demography in Slovakia in the Last Fifty Years / Pavol Tišliar Tišliar, Pavol, Ján Golian Golian, Ján 595

34 Historical Demography in Spain (1960-2011) / Ofelia Rey Castelao Castelao, Ofelia Rey 603

35 Historical Demography in Sweden and its International Visibility / Lars-Göran Tedebrand Tedebrand, Lars-Göran 617

36 From Statistics and Political Economy to Historical Demography. Two and a Half Centuries of Population Research in Switzerland / Anne-Lise Head-König Head-König, Anne-Lise 639

37 Historical Demography in United States / Emily R. Merchant Merchant, Emily R., J. David Hacker Hacker, J. David 655.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3034314205

9783034314206

OCLC:

957134045

Publisher Number:

99969664725