Demographic Avant-Garde : : Jews in Bohemia between the Enlightenment and the Shoah / / Jana Vobecká.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Vobecká, Jana,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- A Note on Place Names -- Part 1. The Concept of a Demographic Avant-Garde: Three Keys -- Chapter 1. Population Change, Demographic Transition and Its Forerunners -- Chapter 2. Historical Context: The Case of Jews in Bohemia -- Chapter 3. Data Sources: Correct Use and Interpretation -- 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 -- Chapter 5. Population Structure: Sex, Age, and Marital Status -- Chapter 6. Marital Patterns: Nuptiality and Divorce -- Chapter 7. Fertility -- Chapter 8. Mortality and Causes of Death -- Chapter 9. Natural Population Increase, Migration, Religious Disaffiliation, and Acculturation -- Part 3. Social and Economic Characteristics of Jews in Bohemia -- Chapter 10. Linguistic Identity and Ethnicity -- Chapter 11. Education System and Enrolment -- Chapter 12. Social Status, Professional Structure, and Economic Contributions -- Conclusion -- List of References and Data Sources -- List of Appendices -- Index of Names and Concepts