Rolf Gehrmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4193553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rolf Gehrmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rolf |
| FAMILY NAME | Gehrmann |
| SIGNATURE | GEHRMANN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Viadrina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2831-5464 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Theoria cum praxi
A Top-down Approach to the Historical Demography of 18th-Century Pomerania
Taking advantage of relatively well-preserved Prussian statistics, the author examines the dynamics of the Pomeranian population in the 18th century to suggest priorities for further studies at both the individual and local community level. He proposes to take the concept of the mode of reproduction as their common paradigm and also take a functionalist approach, even if detailed research may reveal that it was not external forces, as older theor…
Das postmalthusianische Zeitalter
The study constructs new data series for population and vital rates in the German states between 1815 and 1871 and aggregates these to the national level. Major improvements in the data at state level include a broadening of the source material, the determination of population size in years between censuses on the basis of recorded natural increase, and a correction for improvement of population coverage across the censuses taken between the late…
Women as heads of households in Germany and France
This is the first study to be based on individual census data from 1846, and it analyses the position of women as heads of households in the former German Customs Union and France. The data provide information about an important stage of gender-specific life-courses, i.e. temporary or permanent function as heads of household. A cross-sectional comparison reveals regional features, differences between urban and rural areas and the conditions favou…
German towns at the eve of industrialization
The present study on household formation and the part of the elderly is based on recently discovered original census material from the states of the former German Customs Union. From the limited number of surviving lists an urban sample has been analyzed for 1846Footnote1, in comparison with rural areas, towns in Holstein in the census of 1803 and information from later official statistics. This study shows that in pre-industrial towns life-cours…
Infant Mortality in Germany in the 19th Century
Developments in infant mortality in Germany have previously only been documented in a fragmentary fashion for the 19th century as a whole, and only on a small scale for the period prior to 1871. For the first time, this paper lays a solid statistical foundation by reprocessing the figures assembled by the German states of that time. The reconstructed national statistical series (from 1826 onwards) reveals a comparatively high infant mortality, wi…
German census-taking before 1871
This paper is a condensed version of various reports on German states that were prepared for the Laboratory of Historical Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in 2008/09. The purpose of these overviews (in German) was to find out how exactly population was counted, where these counts were documented, and, whenever possible, to locate the original census lists. Future publications will provide inventories of the scattere…
Infant mortality in town and countryside
The discussion still continues among researchers about the causes for the decline in infant mortality in widespread parts of Europe at the turn of the 19th century. This article is based on sources such as unpublished statistical material from Prussia, parish registers, and lineage and village genealogies. As these sources are broken down by town and countryside and into various phases of infant mortality, they provide evidence for further reflec…
German towns at the eve of industrialization
The present study on household formation and the part of the elderly is based on recently discovered original census material from the states of the former German Customs Union. From the limited number of surviving lists an urban sample has been analyzed for 1846Footnote1, in comparison with rural areas, towns in Holstein in the census of 1803 and information from later official statistics. This study shows that in pre-industrial towns life-cours…
Das postmalthusianische Zeitalter
The study constructs new data series for population and vital rates in the German states between 1815 and 1871 and aggregates these to the national level. Major improvements in the data at state level include a broadening of the source material, the determination of population size in years between censuses on the basis of recorded natural increase, and a correction for improvement of population coverage across the censuses taken between the late…
Infant Mortality in Germany in the 19th Century
Developments in infant mortality in Germany have previously only been documented in a fragmentary fashion for the 19th century as a whole, and only on a small scale for the period prior to 1871. For the first time, this paper lays a solid statistical foundation by reprocessing the figures assembled by the German states of that time. The reconstructed national statistical series (from 1826 onwards) reveals a comparatively high infant mortality, wi…
Infant mortality in town and countryside
The discussion still continues among researchers about the causes for the decline in infant mortality in widespread parts of Europe at the turn of the 19th century. This article is based on sources such as unpublished statistical material from Prussia, parish registers, and lineage and village genealogies. As these sources are broken down by town and countryside and into various phases of infant mortality, they provide evidence for further reflec…
Infant mortality in town and countryside
The discussion still continues among researchers about the causes for the decline in infant mortality in widespread parts of Europe at the turn of the 19th century. This article is based on sources such as unpublished statistical material from Prussia, parish registers, and lineage and village genealogies. As these sources are broken down by town and countryside and into various phases of infant mortality, they provide evidence for further reflec…
German census-taking before 1871
This paper is a condensed version of various reports on German states that were prepared for the Laboratory of Historical Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in 2008/09. The purpose of these overviews (in German) was to find out how exactly population was counted, where these counts were documented, and, whenever possible, to locate the original census lists. Future publications will provide inventories of the scattere…
Infant Mortality in Germany in the 19th Century
Developments in infant mortality in Germany have previously only been documented in a fragmentary fashion for the 19th century as a whole, and only on a small scale for the period prior to 1871. For the first time, this paper lays a solid statistical foundation by reprocessing the figures assembled by the German states of that time. The reconstructed national statistical series (from 1826 onwards) reveals a comparatively high infant mortality, wi…
German towns at the eve of industrialization
The present study on household formation and the part of the elderly is based on recently discovered original census material from the states of the former German Customs Union. From the limited number of surviving lists an urban sample has been analyzed for 1846Footnote1, in comparison with rural areas, towns in Holstein in the census of 1803 and information from later official statistics. This study shows that in pre-industrial towns life-cours…
Women as heads of households in Germany and France
This is the first study to be based on individual census data from 1846, and it analyses the position of women as heads of households in the former German Customs Union and France. The data provide information about an important stage of gender-specific life-courses, i.e. temporary or permanent function as heads of household. A cross-sectional comparison reveals regional features, differences between urban and rural areas and the conditions favou…
Das postmalthusianische Zeitalter
The study constructs new data series for population and vital rates in the German states between 1815 and 1871 and aggregates these to the national level. Major improvements in the data at state level include a broadening of the source material, the determination of population size in years between censuses on the basis of recorded natural increase, and a correction for improvement of population coverage across the censuses taken between the late…
A Top-down Approach to the Historical Demography of 18th-Century Pomerania
Taking advantage of relatively well-preserved Prussian statistics, the author examines the dynamics of the Pomeranian population in the 18th century to suggest priorities for further studies at both the individual and local community level. He proposes to take the concept of the mode of reproduction as their common paradigm and also take a functionalist approach, even if detailed research may reveal that it was not external forces, as older theor…
Theoria cum praxi
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