The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure – Blogs
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure turns 60 this year. Since its founding in 1964, members of the Group have made a spectacular series of discipline-transforming contributions to social science history. These include: reconstructing the population history of England over the last 500 years; delineating occupational change in the English economy over the same period; and reconfiguring our understanding of historical household structures, welfare systems, transport, and energy use.
Every week from 11 July 2024 to July 2025 they will post a new blog exploring one of the 60 things everyone should know about family, marriage, work and death in past centuries.
Recent titles include:
- Did anyone have sex before marriage in the past?
- You’re not from these parts, are you?
- Sorry it didn’t work…
- How dangerous was childbirth in the past?
- Sorry, you’ll have to walk!
- Chinese genealogies are different
- Why were Hansel and Gretel not English?
- Stuck in the mud!
- Three score and ten?
- Women have always worked – for pay
You can see all their posts here.
