A Global History of Historical Demography

At the XIst World Congress of Historical Sciences (CISH) in Stockholm 1960, an interdisciplinary International Commission for Historical Demography was created, where researchers in letters and science could meet, and develop a new field with global dimensions and ambitions.

At the XXIst World Congress of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS/CISH) in 2010 in Amsterdam, the International Commission for Historical Demography (ICHD) decided to write an overview of its own history. Fifty years had gone by since the CISH XIst World Congress in Stockholm 1960, when historians took the first tentative initiatives to create a wholly new interdisciplinary commission for historical demography, a meeting place for a budding discipline where researchers in letters and science could meet, exchange ideas, cultivate and develop a new field. This book is the outcome of that decision. Demography, past, present and future is a common concern for all inhabitants of this planet. The variation is great, however, with regard to sources, social and political conditions, state of the art, technological development, national and local initiatives. In the course of half a century many changes take place. Keeping abreast of the gigantic streams of information and innovation in the field is demanding, even more so for a discipline with global dimensions and ambitions. The book makes fascinating reading, and preparing it has been a rewarding and thought provoking experience. The thirty-seven articles in the book represent as many different stories.

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Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux, a social historian and historical demographer, is Professor emerita at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Centre de Recher-ches Historiques/CNRS, Paris (France), where she teaches History of the Family. She is also attached to University of the Western Cape, Statistics and Population Studies Department, Bellville, Republic of South Africa. Ioan Bolovan, historian and historical demographer, is Professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where he teaches Modern Romanian History and Historical Demography in global perspective. He is together Deputy Director of the Centre for Population Studies, Deputy Director of the Center for Transylvanian Studies, Romanian Academy, and President of the International Commission for Historical Demography (ICHD). Since 2012 he acts as vice-rector of his university. Sølvi Sogner was President of the International Commission or Historical Demography (ICHD), 1985 1990. She is Professor emerita of history at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Letters and Science and of the Academia Europaea.

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Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux, Ioan Bolovan and Sølvi Sogner: A Global History of Historical Demography. Time for an Anthology Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux: Historical Demography and International Network Developments (1928 2010) Dennis D. Cordell, Elizabeth Omoluabi and Nancy Stiegler: Historical Demography on Sub-Saharan Africa (1975 2010) Hernán Otero: Historical Demography in Argentina Rebecca Kippen and David Lucas: Sources for an Australian Interdisciplinary Historical Demography Peter Teibenbacher and Gudrun Exner: A Short History of Historical Demography in Austria. From a Population Issue to Special Scientific Discipline Dalia Leinarte, Andrejs Plakans and Toivo U. Raun: Historical Demography in the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) Isabelle Devos and Christa Matthys: A History of Historical Demography in Belgium Béatrice Craig: Historical Demography in Canada Zhongwei Zhao: The Development of Chinese Historical Demography since 1950 Ludmila Fialova and Eduard Maur: Historical Demography in the Czech Republic Hans Chr. Johansen: Historical Demography in Denmark Peter Kitson: A History of the Historical Demography of England and Wales Beatrice Moring: Historical Demography in Finland 1960 2010 Isabelle Séguy: The French School of Historical Demography (1950 2000): Strengths and Weaknesses Rolf Gehrmann: Historical Demography in Germany Violetta Hionidou: Historical Demography of Greek Populations Tamás Faragó: Historical Demography in Hungary: A History of Research Olof Gardarsdottir: Historical Demography in Iceland, 1970 2011 Ravindran Gopinath: Indian Historical Demography Christopher M. Kennedy: History of Historical Demography in Ireland Lucia Pozzi and Eugenio Sonnino: A History of Historical Demography in Italy Akira Hayami: Historical Demography in Japan: Achievements and Problems Kuentae Kim: Family Demography in Traditional Chos n Korea: Survival Strategies of Families Maria Luiza Marcilio: Historical Demography in Latin America: An Assessment Agustin Grajales Porras: Mexican Historical Demography Theo Engelen and Ad van der Woude: Historical Demography in the Netherlands Sølvi Sogner: Historical Demography in Norway 1960 2010 Cezary Kuklo: Polish Historical Demography. Past, Present, Future Maria Norberta Amorim and Paulo Teodoro de Matos: Historical Demography in Portugal (1950 2012) Ioan Bolovan: Half a Century of Historical Demography in Romania (1960 2010) Irina Troitskaia and Alexandre Avdeev: Historical Demography in Russia Michael Anderson: Population History in Scotland: Opportunities Under-explored Pavol Tiliar and Ján Golian: Historical Demography in Slovakia in the Last Fifty Years Ofelia Rey Castelao: Historical Demography in Spain (1960 2011) Lars-Göran Tedebrand: Historical Demography in Sweden and its International Visibility Anne-Lise Head-König: From Statistics and Political Economy to Historical Demography. Two and a Half Centuries of Population Research in Switzerland Emily R. Merchant and J. David Hacker: Historical Demography in United States Index