Urban Lives : an industrial city and its people during the twentieth century / Martin Dribe, Therese Nilsson, Anna Tegunimataka, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dribe, Martin, editor.

Nilsson, Therese, editor.

Tegunimataka, Anna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This chapter introduces the research presented in the book. It starts by highlighting the importance of an individual-level perspective to understand how long-term economic and societal changes connected with industrialization and post-industrialization have affected individuals and families during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. It discusses a detailed periodization, linking the developments in Landskrona to broader economic and societal developments in Sweden and internationally. The chapter also presents the study area and the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database and discusses the core concepts, variables, and methods used in the different chapters of the book.

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