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Mortality and Causes of Death in 20th-Century Ukraine
Mesle, France; Vallin, Jacques
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paperback. With unwonted precision, this volume reassesses the demographic impacts on the Ukraine of the 1933 famine precipitated by Stalin's agrarian policies as well as the traumas of the Second World War and the negative trends in life expectancy since the 1960s. Series: Demographic Research Monographs. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JFFN; JPA; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
The Ukraine faced two very different kinds of health crises during the twentieth century. First, in the 1930s and 1940s, famine, war and political upheaval caused massive population losses. Previous evaluations of overall losses have given an idea of the scale of these catastrophes but do not distinguish between crisis mortality, birth shortfall and loss through emigration. Based on a painstaking work of reconstitution, this study is the first to provide a detailed estimation of the hecatomb in terms of number of deaths and life expectancy. The famine of 1933 was alone responsible for the deaths of 2.6 million Ukrainians ... Read more
The Ukraine faced two very different kinds of health crises during the twentieth century. First, in the 1930s and 1940s, famine, war and political upheaval caused massive population losses. Previous evaluations of overall losses have given an idea of the scale of these catastrophes but do not distinguish between crisis mortality, birth shortfall and loss through emigration. Based on a painstaking work of reconstitution, this study is the first to provide a detailed estimation of the hecatomb in terms of number of deaths and life expectancy. The famine of 1933 was alone responsible for the deaths of 2.6 million Ukrainians ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Demographic Research Monographs
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401783408
SKU
V9789401783408
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