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  • The Demography of Roman Italy

    Population Dynamics in an Ancient Conquest Society 201 BCE–14 CE

    by Saskia Hin ...
    This book provides a fresh perspective on the population history of Italy during the late Republic. It employs a range of sources and a multidisciplinary approach to investigate demographic trends and the demographic behaviour of Roman citizens. Dr Hin shows how they adapted to changing economic, climatic and social conditions in a period of intense conquest. Her critical evaluation of the ... Read more

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  • The Impact of World War I on Marriages, Divorces, and Gender Relations in Europe

    Edited by Sandra Brée, Saskia Hin ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    How did WWI affect the love lives of ordinary citizens and their interactions as couples? This book focuses on how dramatic changes in living conditions affected key parts of the life course of ordinary citizens: marriage and divorce. Innovative in bringing together demographic and gender perspectives, contributions in this comparative volume draw on newly available micro-level data, as well as ... Read more

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  • Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe

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    by Theda Skocpol ...
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    State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous importance in modern world history. States and Social Revolutions provides a new frame of reference for analyzing the causes, the conflicts, and the ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume 3, Civil Society

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