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Life under Pressure

Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Cameron Campbell,James Z. Lee

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Life under Pressure

Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Cameron Campbell,James Z. Lee

A pioneering work in comparative history and social science that compares population behavior in response to adversity in Europe and Asia. This highly original book—the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia—pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the authors examine 100,000 life histories in 100 rural communities in Western Europe and Asia to analyze the demographic response to social and economic pressures. In doing so they challenge the accepted Eurocentric Malthusian view of population processes and demonstrate that population behavior has not been as uniform as previously thought—that it has often been determined by human agency, particularly social structure and cultural practice. The authors examine the complex relationship between human behavior and social and economic environment, analyzing age, gender, family, kinship, social class and social organization, climate, food prices, and real wages to compare mortality responses to adversity. Their research at the individual, household, and community levels challenges the previously accepted characterizations of social and economic behavior in Europe and Asia in the past. The originality of the analysis as well as the geographic breadth and historical depth of the data make Life Under Pressure a significant advance in the field of historical demography. Its findings will be of interest to scholars in economics, environmental studies, demography, history, and sociology as well as the general reader interested in these subjects.

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MIT Press

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0262292130

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9780262292139

The Politics of Nordsploitation

History, Industry, Audiences

By: Pietari Kääpä,Tommy Gustafsson

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The Politics of Nordsploitation

History, Industry, Audiences

By: Pietari Kääpä,Tommy Gustafsson

The Politics of Nordsploitation takes a transnational approach to exploring Nordic 'exploitation' films in their industrial contexts, viewing them as not only political manifestations of domestic considerations but also to position Nordic film cultures in a global context. Incorporating a wide range of films, from international cult classics like They Call Her One Eye (1974), homegrown martial arts films like The Ninja Mission (1984) to contemporary crowd-sourced fan productions like Iron Sky (2012), this volume examines the remarkable diversity of genre-based, commercially and culturally exploitative film production throughout the Nordic countries emphasized here through the term 'Nordsploitation'. This volume provides a historical exposition of largely ignored marginal films and film cultural patterns. It also outlines how influential these films have been in shaping the development of Nordic cinema. The effects are visible in the films of the new millennium as previously marginalized practices now enter the mainstream. With sharp insights and new research, The Politics of Nordsploitation redefines the concept of 'exploitation' and its role in small nation cinemas.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501327305

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9781501327308

Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films

By: Tommy Gustafsson

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Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films

By: Tommy Gustafsson

Swedish society underwent great changes during the first decades of the 1900s and the new consumption and entertainment culture came under fire. Children and youth--but also women and the working classes--become symbols of the forces breaking down traditional structures and values. These groups were also identified as the principal audience for the new film medium. Hence, during the silent era, film culture interacted with society at large, filling the screen with contradictory images of diverging masculinities and gender/ethnic relations. In fact, film culture became one of the most important arenas where new gender relations could be articulated. This book covers Swedish film culture throughout the 1920s. It is the first in-depth exploration of Swedish silent film culture that goes beyond the small number of canonized films of the "Swedish Golden Age" that have been discussed as "art" for nearly 100 years. The study is based on extensive research and takes all Swedish feature films produced in the 1920s into consideration, together with a large number of source materials that include fan and trade magazines, manuscripts, censorship records, government reports and some 900 film reviews.

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261

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McFarland

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0786494786

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9780786494781

Nordic Genre Film

By: Tommy Gustafsson

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Nordic Genre Film

By: Tommy Gustafsson

Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema.

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416

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748693203

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9780748693207

The forgotten history and the forgotten chronicle

By: Tommy Hernelind

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The forgotten history and the forgotten chronicle

By: Tommy Hernelind

I have taken up the old chronicles and the history of Sweden's oldest family, how members of this family were involved in shaping Sweden's history, one of the most famous Fale helped Erik Knutsson to the king's throne and is probably the same person as the fictional Arn, This Fale had decisive role together with Sune Folkesson in the battle of Gestilren and Lena.

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346

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BoD - Books on Demand

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9180976212

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9789180976213

The Generational Welfare Contract

Justice, Institutions and Outcomes

By: Simon Birnbaum,Tommy Ferrarini,Kenneth Nelson

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The Generational Welfare Contract

Justice, Institutions and Outcomes

By: Simon Birnbaum,Tommy Ferrarini,Kenneth Nelson

This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an aging society through balanced generational welfare contracts.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1783471034

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9781783471034

Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?

The Case of Sweden

By: Tommy Bengtsson

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Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?

The Case of Sweden

By: Tommy Bengtsson

Tommy Bengtsson Population ageing, the shift in age distribution towards older ages, is of immense global concern. It is taking place to a varying degree all over the world, more in Europe and some Asian countries, less on the African continent. The worldwide share of people aged 65 years and above is predicted to increase from 7. 5% in 2005 to 16. 1% in 2050 (UN 2007, p. 11). The corresponding ?gures for developed countries are 15. 5 and 26. 2% and for developing countries 5. 5 and 14. 6%. While population ageing has been going on for some time in the developed world, and will continue to do so, most of the change is yet to come for the developing world. The change in developing countries, however, is going to be much faster than it has been in the developed world. For example, while it took more than 100 years in France and more than 80 years in Sweden for the population group aged 65 and above to increase from 7 to 14% of the population, the same change in Japan took place over a 25-year period (UN 2007, p. 13). The scenario for the future is very similar for most developing countries, including highly populated countries like China, India and Brazil. While the start and the speed differ, the shift in age structure towards older ages is a worldwide phenomenon, stressing the signi?cance of the concept global ageing.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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364212612X

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9783642126123

Life under Pressure

Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Cameron Campbell,James Z. Lee

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Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

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MIT Press

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Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Nico Keilman

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Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Nico Keilman

This open access book describes methods of mortality forecasting and discusses possible improvements. It contains a selection of previously unpublished and published papers, which together provide a state-of-the-art overview of statistical approaches as well as behavioural and biological perspectives. The different parts of the book provide discussions of current practice, probabilistic forecasting, the linearity in the increase of life expectancy, causes of death, and the role of cohort factors. The key question in the book is whether it is possible to project future mortality accurately, and if so, what is the best approach. This makes the book a valuable read to demographers, pension planners, actuaries, and all those interested and/or working in modelling and forecasting mortality. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

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101327329X

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9781013273292

Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

By: Tommy Bengtsson,Nico Keilman

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3030050769

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Book's by Tommy Bengtsson

Life under Pressure

Life under Pressure

The Politics of Nordsploitation

The Politics of Nordsploitation

Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

Nordic Genre Film

Nordic Genre Film

The forgotten history and the forgotten chronicle

The forgotten history and the forgotten chronicle

The Generational Welfare Contract

The Generational Welfare Contract

Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?

Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?

Life under Pressure

Life under Pressure

Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

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