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

Jana Vobecká

Published by Central European University Press 2013

Demographic Avant-Garde

Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and the Shoah

Jana Vobecká

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155225451

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This book studies the unique demographic behavior of Jews in Bohemia (the historic part of the Czech Republic), starting from a moment in history when industrialization in Central Europe was still far away in the future, and when Jews were still living legally restricted lives in ghettos. Very early on, however, from the 18th century onwards, Jews developed patterns of decreasing mortality and fertility that was not observed among the gentile majority in Bohemia; patterns which established them as a demographic avant-garde population in all of Europe.

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Vobecká Jana :

Jana Vobecká holds a PhD in demography from the University of Burgundy in Dijon and Charles University in Prague. She is a Researcher in social demography at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
A Note on Place Names Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Part 1. The Concept of a Demographic Avant-Garde: Three Keys
Chapter 1. Population Change, Demographic Transition and Its Forerunners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Historical Context: The Case of Jews in Bohemia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Data Sources: Correct Use and Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Part 2. Jewish Population Development in Bohemia: Trends and Transitions from the Mid-Eighteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Chapter 4. Population Growth and Spatial Distribution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 5. Population Structure: Sex, Age, and Marital Status Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter 6. Marital Patterns: Nuptiality and Divorce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 7. Fertility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 8. Mortality and Causes of Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 9. Natural Population Increase, Migration, Religious Disaffiliation, and Acculturation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part 3. Social and Economic Characteristics of Jews in Bohemia
Chapter 10. Linguistic Identity and Ethnicity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter 11. Education System and Enrolment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 12. Social Status, Professional Structure, and Economic Contributions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
List of References and Data Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
List of Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index of Names and Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 252
Keywords: Bohemia; Czechia; Demography; Economic conditions; Ethnic relations; Jews; Social conditions

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Published: September 10, 2013
ISBN: 9786155225451