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Wednesday 23 April 2014 8.30 - 10.30
U-1 FAM16 Early Modern Migration and Family Continuity in Eurasian West and East Ends
Hörsaal 47 second floor
Network: Family and Demography Chair: Beatrice Moring
Organizers: Shoko Hirai, Satoshi Murayama Discussant: Beatrice Moring
Josef Grulich : The Migration of a Rural Population to the Town in the Era of Modernization: the Parish of Ceske Budejovice, 1750-1824
This contribution will discuss the geographical mobility of rural people in connection with urbanization. The growth of modern cities was connected with the immigration of workers from the countryside. The later eighteenth century was a period of particular importance for Czech urbanization because of the social, economic and legal transformation ... (Show more)
This contribution will discuss the geographical mobility of rural people in connection with urbanization. The growth of modern cities was connected with the immigration of workers from the countryside. The later eighteenth century was a period of particular importance for Czech urbanization because of the social, economic and legal transformation of society as a whole which was taking place at this period. Ceske Budejovice was no exception to this development. My micro-historical study demonstrates the existence of permanent population growth in the parish of Ceske Budejovice from 1750 onwards. Family farms could not offer a livelihood to all members of the household, so younger offspring had to move to urban centres. Primarily, they migrated to the town to work, but subsequently they also found marriage partners and formed new households there. The suburbs of Ceske Budejovice in particular became a new home for these rural immigrants and their families. My contribution will focus on the occupational and marital aims for rural-urban migration as well as geographical aspects of this type of mobility. (Show less)

Shoko Hirai : Household Continuity and Migration in Japanese Farming Villages
As previous studies have shown, economic difficulties or demographic constraints meant that despite being stem types, it was not easy for households in early modern Japanese farming villages to continue through multiple generations. However, if these obstacles were not present, would this mean that all households in a stem family ... (Show more)
As previous studies have shown, economic difficulties or demographic constraints meant that despite being stem types, it was not easy for households in early modern Japanese farming villages to continue through multiple generations. However, if these obstacles were not present, would this mean that all households in a stem family society would necessarily desire continuance? Unlike villages in the Pyrenees, the number of households in Japanese villages was rarely fixed, and varied considerably. In other words, how should we look at a situation where we have both a stem family society and the number of households changes? This paper uses population registers for early modern farming villages to clarify the actuality with regards to household continuance, and will attempt to discover clues to help understand the process of change in households in stem family societies. What is going on in relation to household continuance will be examined by looking at two particular cases: one village where the population increased, and one where it decreased. In addition, the strategies for household continuity, such as adoption, and the processes of household extinction, such as migration, will be examined in order to discuss whether or not there really was a desire for continuance among households. (Show less)

Satoshi Murayama : Regional Demographic Changes Caused by Natural and Human Disasters in Early Modern Times.
Recently, economic historians have debated two different types of early modern social development. They use the terms ‘industrial revolution’ and ‘industrious revolution’ to denote these two types. The former type of development, ‘industrial revolution’, refers to the capital-intensive, labor-saving agriculture that was pursued in Western Europe, in particular in England. ... (Show more)
Recently, economic historians have debated two different types of early modern social development. They use the terms ‘industrial revolution’ and ‘industrious revolution’ to denote these two types. The former type of development, ‘industrial revolution’, refers to the capital-intensive, labor-saving agriculture that was pursued in Western Europe, in particular in England. In this type, a great amount of capital was expended. The founder of Japanese historical demography, Akira Hayami, introduced the concept of the ‘industrious revolution’ in accordance with his historical-demographic analysis of Tokugawa villages. Jan de Vries revised this concept to make it more suitable to early modern commercialization in Europe. He insisted that a fundamental change occurred in the household economy, thus increasing the labor supply for the market. Households increased their labor market participation in order to buy new consumer goods with the money they earned from their labor. However, the market and living conditions in Europe were often influenced by natural and human disasters. The influences of changing market and migration networks should be incorporated into such an argument regarding household economy and family formation. In this paper, the European type of ‘industrious revolution’ in particular will be examined considering regional demographic changes caused by natural and human disasters. It will be compared with Japanese cases. (Show less)

Moto(yasu) Takahashi : Migration and Family Continuity in Kami-shiojiri village, Ueda, Nagano, Japan in the Later 18th and 19th Centuries
The silkworm-egg industry has become the lifeline of Kami-shiojiri villagers by the later 18th century. Basically the silkworm-egg was based on domestic labour, and women were in charge of the menial tasks in this industry. By the Tenpo period (the 1830s including well-known nationwide famine years), the girls became women ... (Show more)
The silkworm-egg industry has become the lifeline of Kami-shiojiri villagers by the later 18th century. Basically the silkworm-egg was based on domestic labour, and women were in charge of the menial tasks in this industry. By the Tenpo period (the 1830s including well-known nationwide famine years), the girls became women the main domestic labour force. Although they were charged with heavy duties, they did this willingly because the whole family were engaged in the silkworm-egg industry and needed to be in order to survive. In the Tenpo period, bunkes (stemmed branches from the honke-main branchfamily) were formed for the strengthening the silkworm-egg production by the honke-bunke family network and there was more female domestic labour. Abackground factor was the expansion of the marriage network, supports by the employment of more servants to give extra support as well as an increase in the number of kin relationships, with the definition of ‘kin’ becoming increasingly blurred. This period saw that women as the main domestic labourers for the silkworm-egg industry could cause major re-adjustments to occur within the household, particularly if there was divorce and the woman returned to her home village. (Show less)



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