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Social inequality in the 19th and 20th centuries: some introductory remarks
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Quantitative history of society and economy: some international studies
Abstract Why should social inequality be the topic of a session of a history congress
rather than of a meeting of sociologists and, hence, a section of this book by
historians rather than by sociologists? Why should one raise the issue of social
inequality in a period of deep worldwide economic crisis in ... view more
Why should social inequality be the topic of a session of a history congress
rather than of a meeting of sociologists and, hence, a section of this book by
historians rather than by sociologists? Why should one raise the issue of social
inequality in a period of deep worldwide economic crisis in which the general
public is interested in other themes and in which social inequality is often
considered as a preoccupation of the past economic boom ? Why should social
inequality be treated in a series of papers on quantitative history after having
become so much a preoccupation of intellectual history and of ideological
debates? I shall briefly answer these important and unavoidable questions, then
cover the definition as well as some ideas on the long-term change of social
inequality and finally say something about the three cases which are dealt with
in the following papers, i. e. Sweden, Poland, and the U.S.... view less
Keywords
social inequality; nineteenth century; twentieth century; social history; science of history; comparative research; industrialization; research topic
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Collection Title
Quantitative history of society and economy: some international studies
Editor
Jarausch, Konrad H.; Schröder, Wilhelm H.
Document language
English
Publication Year
1987
Publisher
Scripta Mercaturae Verl.
City
St. Katharinen
Page/Pages
p. 49-57
ISBN
3-922661-40-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications