Images from Austria

Amerika und Australien, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
The building housing the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria was opened to the public in 1889. The building opened with extensive displays of numerous people from around the world. The statue labeled Amerika and Australien is located at the right entrance to the building.
Europa, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
The building housing the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria was opened to the public in 1889. The building opened with extensive displays of numerous people from around the world. The statue labeled Europa is located at the left entrance of the building.
Karlskirche, Vienna, Austria
The Karlskirche (German for St. Charles's Church) is a church situated in Vienna, Austria. Karlskirche was conceived in 1713, one year after the last great plague epidemic when Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, pledged to build a church for his namesake patron saint, Charles Borromeo, who was revered as a healer for plague sufferers. Construction began in 1716 and was completed in 1737.

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Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

New Data Collection

A survey concerning developmental idealism is currently being conducted in Nepal.

New Publication

A. Thornton, D. Philipov. "Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in Central and Eastern Europe: New Insights from the Developmental Idealism Framework." Recently published in European Journal of Population.

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.


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