Watkins From Provinces into Nations

Demographic Integration in Western Europe, 1870-1960
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6121-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Between 1870 and 1960, national boundaries became more evident on the demographic map of Western Europe. In most of the fifteen countries examined here, differences in marital fertility, illegitimacy, and marriage from one province (counties, cantons, arrondissements) to another diminished considerably. From Provinces into Nations describes this shift to greater national demographic homogeneity and places it in the context of a parallel decline in linguistic diversity, as well as in the context of increases in national market integration, the expansion of state activities, and nation-building.

The book interprets the shift as evidence of the influence of communities on demographic behavior, and as an indication of the growing predominance of national over local communities. The author uses demographic data, too often the property of specialists, to examine themes of interest to historians, sociologists, economists, and political scientists interested in the integration of modern societies.

Originally published in 1990.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Watkins, Susan Cotts

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Figures, pg. vii
Tables, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xiii
CHAPTER 1. Introduction, pg. 1
CHAPTER 2. Western Europe around 1870, pg. 9
CHAPTER 3. Limits to Demographic Diversity, pg. 25
CHAPTER 4. The Fertility Transition, pg. 55
CHAPTER 5. Demographic Nationalism, pg. 84
CHAPTER 6. Languages, Markets, States, and Nations, pg. 114
CHAPTER 7. From Peasants into Frenchwomen, pg. 139
CHAPTER 8. Conclusions, pg. 167
Appendix, pg. 181
References, pg. 211
Index, pg. 229