New paper w Aja Antoine-Jones, James Feigenbaum, Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, and Chris Muller
"Racial Inequality in the Prime of Life: Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1906–1933"
tells us two new things about the staggering racial inequity in this era
(cont'd)
#demography #sociology #history #RacialDisparities #mortality #EpidemiologicalTransition #HealthEquity #HistoricalDemography
Incarceration stunted the physical growth of adolescent men from Britain and Ireland who were convicted and transported to Australia 1816-1853 - in spite of a calorie-rich diet. No evidence of stunting among women. New article in
https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2022.2143391
OA 1st 50 downloads
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JI4USKBF6JTRNNQ929G4/full?target=10.1080/1081602X.2022.2143391
#prison #prisoners #health #adolescent #children #history #HistSTM #Australia #Tasmania #historicaldemography
#historyofthefamily @econhist @healthecon @criminology
Rappel ! Il vous reste deux semaines pour envoyer vos propositions de communications ou de sessions pour le prochain colloque de l'ESHD !
Reminder! There are two weeks left to send in your proposals for papers or sessions for the next ESHD conference!
To submit your proposition before novembre 30th: https://eshd2023.eshd.eu
ESHD2023 CONFERENCE From the prehistorical migrations to our globalized world, humankind has always been confronted with “others”, who are spontaneously compared to “us”. First, it usually implies a fascination for dif-ferences, often – but not always followed by a discovery of commonalities. Demographic thought has been, and still is, heavily influenced by the Malthusian discourse […]
I did a long thread to summarize my book Paris l'inféconde ('Infertile Paris') on the decline of fertility in Paris and its suburbs during the 19th century.
It's long but much faster to read than the book itself!
If you still want to read it, the book (in French) is available in open acces here
https://books.openedition.org/ined/1496?lang=fr
#histodon #histodons #demography #historicaldemography
#demographiehistorique
[127e lettre de la SDH]
Les dernières informations en lien avec la démographie historique et l'histoire de la famille
#demographiehistorique #histoiredelafamille
#histodon #histodons
#historicaldemography
https://www.societededemographiehistorique.fr/127e-lettre-de-la-sdh.html
#introduction
I am an evolutionary biologist particularly interested in understanding processes that shape genetic variation within natural populations.
I am also a #newPI at Jagiellonian University where I moved after 9 years at Uppsala University.
Most recently I focus on crazy inversion polymorphisms in spruce bark beetle
#Popgen #Inversions #Beetles #HistoricalDemography #Evolution #Genomics
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