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Focusing on the demographic behavior of Jews in Bohemia, the book explores their unique patterns of decreasing mortality and fertility beginning in the 18th century, a trend not seen among the gentile population. It examines this development against a backdrop of legal restrictions and life in ghettos, highlighting how Jews emerged as a demographic avant-garde in Europe, even before the onset of industrialization.
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Demographic Avant-Garde, Jana Vobecká
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Demographic Avant-Garde
- Subtitle
- Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and the Shoah
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jana Vobecká
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 252
- ISBN13
- 9786155225338
- Category
- Social sciences, Judaica
- Description
- Focusing on the demographic behavior of Jews in Bohemia, the book explores their unique patterns of decreasing mortality and fertility beginning in the 18th century, a trend not seen among the gentile population. It examines this development against a backdrop of legal restrictions and life in ghettos, highlighting how Jews emerged as a demographic avant-garde in Europe, even before the onset of industrialization.