Keywords:
Historical Demography, Historical Microdata, Family History, Longitudinal Research, Life Course, Social Science History
Synopsis
This edited volume discusses the impact of several major databases containing historical longitudinal population data. The creation and development of these databases have greatly expanded research possibilities in history, demography, sociology, and other disciplines. The present collection includes seven contributions, on eight databases, that had a wide impact on research in various disciplines. Each database had its own unique genesis and readers are informed about how these databases have changed the course of research in historical demography and related disciplines, how settled findings were challenged or confirmed, and how innovative investigations were launched and implemented. The volume serves as an essential resource for scholars in the field of historical life course studies, offering insights into the transformative power of these databases and their potential for future advancements.
To access individual chapters, please visit Historical Life Course Studies.
Author Biographies
Sören Edvinsson
Sören Edvinsson is Professor Emeritus of Historical Demography at the Centre for Demographic and Aging Research at Umeå University (CEDAR). His research focuses on historical demography and he studied topics as infant mortality, transgenerational effects on health and mortality, life courses and long term effects of social and economic inequality. Besides, he also took part in several publications about the development and techniques of the Umeå Demographic Database.
Kees Mandemakers
Kees Mandemakers is affiliated member of the Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History. He is senior fellow at the International Institute of Social History and Emiritus Professor of Large Historical Databases at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication of Erasmus University Rotterdam (endowed chair for Large Historical Databases). His main research interests include: methodology of large historical databases (topics: data processing, sample designs), social stratification and mobility and social history (topics: secondary education, infant and child mortality, shoe-industry).
Ken Robert Smith
Ken R. Smith is Distinguished Professor of Family Studies and Population Science and former Director of the famous Pedigree and Population Resource at the University of Utah, as well as Investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Under his leadership the Utah Pedigree and Population Resource has developed into a key player in (historical) research on health and ageing, and above all on the role of a wide variety of familial aspects of health.
Paul Puschmann
Paul Puschmann is Assistant Professor of Economic, Social and Demographic History at Radboud University Nijmegen. He is specialized in historical demography, migration history and the history of partner choice, marriage and the family. He is also interested in the population history of North Africa and the Middle East.
Published
August 29, 2023
Copyright (c) 2023 Sören Edvinsson, Kees Mandemakers, Ken Robert Smith, Paul Puschmann (Volume editor)
