From Provinces into Nations: Demographic Integration in Western Europe, 1870-1960 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Watkins, Susan Cotts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691608237 ISBN 13: 9780691608235

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Between 1870 and 1960, national boundaries became more evident on the demographic map of Western Europe. In most of the fifteen countries examined here, differences in marital fertility, illegitimacy, and marriage from one province (counties, cantons, arrondissements) to another diminished considerably. From Provinces into Nations describes this shift to greater national demographic homogeneity and places it in the context of a parallel decline in linguistic diversity, as well as in the context of increases in national market integration, the expansion of state activities, and nation-building.

The book interprets the shift as evidence of the influence of communities on demographic behavior, and as an indication of the growing predominance of national over local communities. The author uses demographic data, too often the property of specialists, to examine themes of interest to historians, sociologists, economists, and political scientists interested in the integration of modern societies.

Originally published in 1990.

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"Winner of the 1992 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, American Sociological Association"

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691608237
• ISBN 13: 9780691608235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254