Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors

The focus of this article is on how a newly created database on causes of death in Amsterdam (1854–1940) may offer innovative insights by combining it with the available information from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). By doing so, it illustrates how future research can help to provi...

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Main Author: Tim Riswick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Social History 2021-03-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9564
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Summary:The focus of this article is on how a newly created database on causes of death in Amsterdam (1854–1940) may offer innovative insights by combining it with the available information from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). By doing so, it illustrates how future research can help to provide new perspectives on ongoing debates on historical and contemporary infectious diseases by combining information from several historical sources and databases.
ISSN:2352-6343