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Much Ado about Nothing? Reconsidering the Smallpox Effect. Height in the Nineteenth-Century Town of Thielt, Belgium by Vervaeke, Ans, Devos, Isabelle

“…Anthropometric evidence such as height has been considered a major indicator of the social and economic well-being of past societies. To understand differences…”
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Les populations rurales en Europe occidentale de la fin du 18ème siècle aux années 1960 by Eggerickx, Thierry, Devos, Isabelle

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Spatial disparities at death. Age-, sex- and disease-specific mortality in the districts of Belgium at the beginning of the twentieth century by Van Rossem, Tina, Deboosere, Patrick, Devos, Isabelle

“…At the beginning of the twentieth century, life expectancy at birth was much lower in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, than in Wallonia, the southern…”
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Spatial inequalities in infant survival at an early stage of the longevity revolution: A pan-European view across 5000+ regions and localities in 1910 by Klüsener, Sebastian, Devos, Isabelle, Ekamper, Peter, Gregory, Ian N., Gruber, Siegfried, Martí-Henneberg, Jordi, van Poppel, Frans, da Silveira, Luís Espinha, Solli, Arne

“…Spatial inequalities in human development are of great concern to international organisations and national governments. Demographic indicators like the infant…”
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The Limits and Possibilities of Cause of Death Categorisation for Understanding Late Nineteenth Century Mortality by Janssens, Angélique, Devos, Isabelle

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Introduction by Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angelique

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Much Ado about Nothing? Reconsidering the Smallpox Effect. Height in the Nineteenth-Century Town of Thielt, Belgium by Ans Vervaeke, Isabelle Devos

“…Anthropometric evidence such as height has been considered a major indicator of the social and economic well-being of past societies. To understand differences…”
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Much Ado about Nothing? Reconsidering the Smallpox Effect. Height in the Nineteenth-Century Town of Thielt, Belgium by Ans Vervaeke, Isabelle Devos

“…Anthropometric evidence such as height has been considered a major indicator of the social and economic well-being of past societies. To understand differences…”
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Regionale Verschillen in het Leven van Ongehuwde Moeders op het Platteland in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden, 1730-1846 by Sofie De Langhe, Maja Mechant, Isabelle Devos

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Introduction by Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique

“…Since the earliest of times, diseases have shaped the course of human history. Diseases and, in particular, epidemics have affected humans economically,…”
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De Jure and De Facto Deaths. The Impact of Unregistered Attendees and Absentees on Urban Death Rates in Early Twentieth-Century Belgium by Tina Van Rossem, Deboosere, Patrick, Devos, Isabelle

“…Excess mortality in European cities in the nineteenth century, before the development of appropriate health infrastructures, is explained by poor living…”
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Introduction. Unmarried and Unknown: Urban Men and Women in the Low Countries Since the Early Modern Period by Devos, Isabelle, Schmidt, Ariadne, De Groot, Julie

“…This essay introduces a special issue on The Lure of the City that examines the attraction of towns to unmarried men and women in the Low Countries during the…”
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Death at work? Mortality and industrial employment in Belgian cities at the turn of the twentieth century by Van Rossem, Tina, Deboosere, Patrick, Devos, Isabelle

“…In this article, we reconstruct the sex- and age-specific mortality rates for the 25 largest Belgian cities at the turn of the twentieth century, and we…”
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Introduction to special section on the biological standard of living by Devos, Isabelle

“…In December 2008 the WOG Historical Demography organised a workshop at Ghent University that covered a wide range of topics from fertility trends and kinship…”
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Beyond Narratives of Conflict. Modern Medicine, Reproduction and Catholicism in Contemporary Historiography by Wils, Kaat, Betta, Emmanuel, Devos, Isabelle, Van Osselaer, Tine, Wall, Barbra Mann

“…Over the last two decades, the topic of Western biomedicine and religion has gained firm ground among historians. While taking distance from both confessional…”
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De Jure and De Facto Deaths. The Impact of Unregistered Attendees and Absentees on Urban Death Rates in Early Twentieth-Century Belgium by Van Rossem, Tina, Deboosere, Patrick, Devos, Isabelle

“…Unregistered temporary migration can create large discrepancies between death rates according to the legal, factual or habitual residence of the deceased. The…”
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Lost in registration? Missing occupations of single women in the Bruges countryside, c.1814 by Devos, Isabelle, De Langhe, Sofie, Matthys, Christa

“…The absence of occupational titles for women in historical censuses has stymied numerous scholars. Various authors have explained this phenomenon as…”
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The Spanish Flu in Belgium, 1918–1919. A State of the Art by Devos, Isabelle, Bourguignon, Mélanie, Debruyne, Emmanuel, Doignon, Yoann, Eggerickx, Thierry, Greefs, Hilde, Hanus, Jord, Ronsijn, Wouter, Sanderson, Jean-Paul, Soens, Tim

“…This article provides the first comprehensive overview of the severity and impact of the Spanish flu in Belgium (1918–1919) and thereby makes a long overdue…”
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Les populations rurales en Europe occidentale de la fin du 18ème siècle aux années 1960 by Eggerickx, Thierry, Devos, Isabelle

“…Au cours du 19ème siècle, sous les coups de l’industrialisation et de la mécanisation, la part de la population active travaillant dans le secteur agricole a…”
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Décès de jure, décès de facto : l’impact des présents et des absents non enregistrés sur les taux de mortalité urbaine en Belgique au début du xx e siècle by Van Rossem, Tina, Deboosere, Patrick, Devos, Isabelle, Renon, Annick

“…Le non-enregistrement de la migration temporaire peut être à l’origine d’écarts importants entre les taux de mortalité selon qu’ils sont calculés sur la base…”
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