Chapter Social class mobility in the early modern Europe: a first international comparison

This article explores intergenerational social mobility in the preindustrial era, analyzing data from France, Germany, and Sweden. Using uniform coding schemes (HISCO, HISCLASS, HISCAM), the study examines total, upward, downward, and sectoral mobility, addressing two main questions: (1) How did soc...

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description This article explores intergenerational social mobility in the preindustrial era, analyzing data from France, Germany, and Sweden. Using uniform coding schemes (HISCO, HISCLASS, HISCAM), the study examines total, upward, downward, and sectoral mobility, addressing two main questions: (1) How did social mobility change over time? (2) Are there variations between countries and regions? The findings reveal that in France, mobility increased irregularly from the 1720s to 1850, while data for Germany and Sweden are more fragmented. Sweden stands out for high downward mobility, often involving farmers' sons becoming laborers, but also shows surprising upward mobility into farming. The study concludes that premodern social structures were less stable than theorized and that revolutionary events, like the French Revolution, did not significantly impact male mobility (no Sorokin effect).
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1633432025-08-02T05:03:27Z Chapter Social class mobility in the early modern Europe: a first international comparison van Leeuwen, Marco H.D. Maas, Ineke intergenerational social mobility modernisation status maintenance wars and revolutions comparison by coding comparatively This article explores intergenerational social mobility in the preindustrial era, analyzing data from France, Germany, and Sweden. Using uniform coding schemes (HISCO, HISCLASS, HISCAM), the study examines total, upward, downward, and sectoral mobility, addressing two main questions: (1) How did social mobility change over time? (2) Are there variations between countries and regions? The findings reveal that in France, mobility increased irregularly from the 1720s to 1850, while data for Germany and Sweden are more fragmented. Sweden stands out for high downward mobility, often involving farmers' sons becoming laborers, but also shows surprising upward mobility into farming. The study concludes that premodern social structures were less stable than theorized and that revolutionary events, like the French Revolution, did not significantly impact male mobility (no Sorokin effect). 2025-08-02T05:03:26Z 2025-08-02T05:03:26Z 2025-08-01T15:45:34Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506679_77 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104627 9791221506679 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163343 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104627/1/44501.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.11 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.11 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221506679 29 Florence open access
spellingShingle intergenerational social mobility
modernisation
status maintenance
wars and revolutions
comparison by coding comparatively
van Leeuwen, Marco H.D.
Maas, Ineke
Chapter Social class mobility in the early modern Europe: a first international comparison
title Chapter Social class mobility in the early modern Europe: a first international comparison
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title_short Chapter Social class mobility in the early modern Europe: a first international comparison
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modernisation
status maintenance
wars and revolutions
comparison by coding comparatively
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modernisation
status maintenance
wars and revolutions
comparison by coding comparatively
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