Demographic Avant-Garde: Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and the Shoah

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Demographic Avant-Garde: Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and the Shoah

Original language description

Demographic Avant-Garde documents the unique demographic behavior of Jews in Bohemia from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It examines what made Bohemian Jews true forerunners of the demographic transition in Europe and explains why thisoccurred. The book analyzes Jews? main demographic processes and their interpretation in a larger social-historical and international context as well as the socio-economic position of Jews within Czech society. It critically evaluates the reliability andcompleteness of available historical data sources, and summarizes a rich trove of primary data sources. Demographic Avant-Garde highlights the role of human capital, culture, the legal environment and economic development in precipitating a rapid demographic transition. It is recommended reading for those with interest in social demography, social history, demographic transition, and the modern Jewish experience in Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

AB - History

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-615-5225-33-8

Number of pages

225

Publisher name

Central European University Press

Place of publication

Budapest

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