Suchergebnisse

This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore the experiences of subordinates and the nature of their subordination in ancient Greece. The work focusses on improving techniques for witnessing the lives of such groups, understanding their common experiences, and through these, seeing their common humanity.

"This chapter introduces the research presented in the book. It starts by highlighting the importance of an individual-level perspective to understand how long-term economic and societal changes connected with industrialization and post-industrialization have affected individuals and families during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. It discusses a detailed periodization, linking the developments in Landskrona to broader economic and societal developments in Sweden and internationally. The chapter also presents the study area and the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database and discusses the core concepts, variables, and methods used in the different chapters of the book."