Folk education as a factor contributing to improvement of health conditions according to Polish populationists of 18th  century Cover Image

Oświata ludowa jako czynnik poprawy stanu zdrowia ludności według populacjonistów polskich w XVIII wieku
Folk education as a factor contributing to improvement of health conditions according to Polish populationists of 18th century

Author(s): Tadeusz Srogosz, Iwona Wołyniec
Subject(s): History, Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: folk education; health of the population; Polish populationists; XVIIIth century;

Summary/Abstract: The concept of populationism is one of the crucial issues of historical science. Folk education was often mentioned in political literature of the 18th century as a factor which contributed to an increase in population and improvement of health conditions. The group of political writers who brought this issue up included among others: Stanisław Leszczyński, Wawrzyniec Mitzler de Kolof, Stefan Garczyński, August Fryderyk Moszyński, Wincenty Skrzetuski, Antoni Popławski, Józef Wybicki, Jan Ferdynand Nax, Józef Pawlikowski, Jacek Jezierski. Their postulates were taken into consideration and included in decrees issued by State institutions

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 325-346
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish