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B030861 - POPULATION AND HISTORY
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Course program
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Academic Year 2023-24
Coorte 2022 - Second Cycle Degree in HISTORY
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SECS-S/04 - DEMOGRAPHY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
19/02/2024 ⇒ 08/06/2024
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B030861 - POPOLAZIONE E STORIA
Second Cycle Degree in HISTORY
Curriculum SCIENZE STORICHE
B030861 - POPOLAZIONE E STORIA
Second Cycle Degree in HISTORY
Curriculum SCIENZE STORICHE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Introductory course of Historical Demography. The course provides the basic tools to understand demographic phenomena. The course will deal with the qualitative and quantitative transformations of the global population up to the most recent years. Among the main topics: the growth of the global population; demographic transitions; migration history; demographic history of Italy.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
- Bacci, M. L. (2020). Storia minima della popolazione del mondo. Società editrice il Mulino, Spa.
- Rosina, A., & Impicciatore, R. (2022). Storia demografica d'Italia. Carocci editore Spa.
- Rosina, A., & Impicciatore, R. (2022). Storia demografica d'Italia. Carocci editore Spa.
Learning Objectives
a) Understanding the demographic reasoning;
b) Understanding and interpreting the main demographic phenomena;
c) Learning the historical evolution of the main demographic phenomena.
b) Understanding and interpreting the main demographic phenomena;
c) Learning the historical evolution of the main demographic phenomena.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures, seminars.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam
Course program
- Concepts and measures in demography (fundamental equation of the population; rates, crude rates, probabilities)
- Change and structure of the population (age pyramids, structure indeces)
- Growth of the global population: brief history
- Demographic Transitions (what is a demographic transition; the First Demographic Transition; the Second Demographic Transition)
- Demographic History of Italy (from 1861 to the II World War, the baby boom, the main transformations of the XX century)
- Change and structure of the population (age pyramids, structure indeces)
- Growth of the global population: brief history
- Demographic Transitions (what is a demographic transition; the First Demographic Transition; the Second Demographic Transition)
- Demographic History of Italy (from 1861 to the II World War, the baby boom, the main transformations of the XX century)
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
3; 5; 10.