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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dribe, Martin, Editor.

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:

Oxford University Press 2024

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

List of Illustrations Contributors 1. Urban Lives: A Micro-Level Approach to Economic and Demographic Change in the Twentieth Century 2. Landskrona: The Industrial City 3. Economic Inequality and Social Mobility 4. Migration in Times of Economic Growth and Recession 5. Social Class Segregation in Landskrona 6. The Gender Revolution: Marriage, Fertility, and Divorce in the Industrial City 7. A Healthy Marriage? Marital Status and Adult Mortality 8. Maternal and Infant Health: Understanding the Role of Institutions and Medical Innovations 9. The Late Emergence of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Adult Mortality: An Urban Phenomenon? 10. Income, Inequality, and Geography: Disparities in Age at Death 11. The Industrial City and Its People: Summary and Conclusion

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