POPULATION CENSUSES AS A SOURCE FOR RESEARCH OF THE JEWISH POPULATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (1879-1948)
POPULATION CENSUSES AS A SOURCE FOR RESEARCH OF THE JEWISH POPULATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (1879-1948)

Author(s): Enes S. Omerović
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Jews; Sephardim; Ashkenazim; Bosnia-Herzegovina; population census; demographic changes
Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the published results of population censuses in Bosnia-Herzegovina from the first modern population census in 1879 to the first census that asked after ethnic/national affiliation in 1948. The analysis aims to establish the reliability and usability of their data as a source for research of demographic developments i.e. of the ethnic make-up of the society of Bosnia-Herzegovina with special regard to the Jewish population.

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