Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux: A Pioneer of Comparative Family History and Historical Demography
Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux: A Pioneer of Comparative Family History and Historical Demography
Author(s): Luminiţa DumănescuSubject(s): Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Sociology, Cultural Essay
Published by: Centrul de Studiere a Populaţiei
Keywords: family history; historical demography; social reproduction; European households; kinship studies;
Summary/Abstract: For more than four decades, Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux has played a decisive role in shaping the historical study of family, demography, and social reproduction in Europe. As Maître de conférences at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) she stands among the foremost figures of the “new family history,” a field that has redefined our understanding of households, kinship, and demographic behaviour from the early modern period to the twentieth century.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Population Studies
- Issue Year: 19/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-8
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
