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Urban lives : an industrial city and its people during the twentieth century /

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"This chapter introduces the research presented in the book. It starts by highlighting the importance of an individual-level perspective to understand how long-term economic and societal changes connected with industrialization and post-industrialization have affected individuals and families d...

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Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Dribe, Martin (Editor), Nilsson, Therese (Editor), Tegunimataka, Anna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Urbanization > Sweden.
Industrialization > Sweden.
Landskrona (Sweden) > Economic conditions.
Landskrona (Sweden) > Social conditions.
Urbanisation > Suède.
Industrialisation > Suède.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Urban Lives
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1 Urban Lives: A Micro-Level Approach to Economic and Demographic Change in the Twentieth Century
  • 2 Landskrona: The Industrial City
  • 3 Economic Inequality and Social Mobility
  • 4 Migration in Times of Economic Growth and Recession
  • 5 Social Class Segregation in Landskrona
  • 6. The Gender Revolution: Marriage, Fertility, and Divorce in the Industrial City
  • 7 A Healthy Marriage? Marital Status and Adult Mortality
  • 8 Maternal and Infant Health: Understanding the Role of Institutions and Medical Innovations
  • 9 The Late Emergence of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Adult Mortality: An Urban Phenomenon?
  • 10 Income, Inequality, and Geography: Disparities in Age at Death
  • 11 The Industrial City and Its People: Summary and Conclusion
  • Index