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“New Historical Demography” in Russia: evolution or a leap?

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2016
The article examines the main features of the “New Historical Demography” which developed in Russia during the 1990s. The authors analyze factors and trends in social science and the humanities that have influenced the formation of this new ...
Vladimir Vladimirov, Dmitriy Sarafanov, Anna Shchetinina   +2 more
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Contested minorities – the case of Upper Silesia

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2015
Upper Silesia in terms of ethnicity is a typical example of a historical region in Europe, but in fact, one of the few exceptions in contemporary Poland, where its mixed ethnic and religious structures have at least partly survived until today.
Gierczak Dariusz
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Introduction: Urban-Rural Differences in Historical Demography

Historical Life Course Studies, 2018
Systematic research on urban-rural variation in demographic behavior is necessary to overcome dichotomous views resulting from studying cities and the countryside separately.
Christa Matthys, Jan Kok, Richard Paping
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Building an Archival Database for Visualizing Historical Networks. A Case for Pre-Modern Korea

Historical Life Course Studies, 2022
In this paper, we share the experience of collecting and organizing pre-modern Korean historical materials into a searchable digital archive. The Ajou Interdisciplinary Research Group (AIRG) has continuously collected historical data of pre-modern Korea
Seungmin Paek, Jong Hee Park, Sangkuk Lee   +2 more
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Historical Demography in Ukraine: From “Political Arithmetic” to Non-Political History

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2019
The article is an introduction to the state of development of historical demographic studies in Ukrainian historiography. The authors try to explain why, at a time when historical demography was the mainstream in world historiography, it made ...
Igor Serdiuk, Yuriy Voloshyn
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Why historical data matter for understanding the long-term effects of measles [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
Harris Bendel, Harris Bendel, Katarina L. Matthes   +2 more
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Conferința Studii de Populație. Provocări și Perspective. Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Centrul de Studiere a Populației, Cluj-Napoca, 1-2 iulie 2019

Sociologie Românească, 2019
This presentation refers to the conference Population Studies. Challenges and Prospects, organized at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Centre for Population Studies, on June 1st-2nd 2019. The conference aimed to provide a retrospective overview on population
Mihaela Hărăguș, Luminița Dumănescu
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Introduction: Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data: Development, Impact and Results

Historical Life Course Studies, 2023
Over the last 60 years several major historical databases with reconstructed life courses of large populations spanning decades have been launched. The development of these databases is indicative of considerable investments that have greatly expanded ...
Sören Edvinsson, Kees Mandemakers, Ken R. Smith   +2 more
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Wine – The Favourite Beverage of Serbian Medieval Rulers and Nobility

Etnoantropološki Problemi
Wine, as the most noble and beloved drink of the Middle Ages, was primarily consumed in the courts of Serbian medieval rulers and nobility. During the early decades of the 14th century, Serbian rulers and nobles imported wine from the coastal cities of
Marina Štetić
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A Top-down Approach to the Historical Demography of 18th-Century Pomerania

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2022
Taking advantage of relatively well-preserved Prussian statistics, the author examines the dynamics of the Pomeranian population in the 18th century to suggest priorities for further studies at both the individual and local community level.
Rolf Gehrmann
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