Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Valeria Rueda, University of Nottingham; Brian A'Hearn, Pembroke College, University of Oxford

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Rueda, Valeria, and A’Hearn, Brian. Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/E169082V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for the paper "Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy"

Please cite the paper if using these data.

The statistical analysis was conducted using Stata. To render transparencies in graphs, Stata 15 or higher is needed. The following user-written packages are also required for the analysis: semipar and estout.



Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms economic history; economic geography; Italian Unification; Risorgimento
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Italy
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1828 – 12/31/1871
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Please refer to the paper for details on the primary sources.

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Post-Unification
  • Italian Census: 1861 and 1871
Pre-Unification
  • Piedmont: Census of the Kingdom of Sardinia (published 1852), with data for 1848 and 1838
  • Tuscany: Introduzione al dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana (Repetti 1846, with data for 1846.
  • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Atlante corografico storico e statistico del Regno delle Due Sicilie (Marzolla, 1832), with data for 1828 



Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation municipality (comune)
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit municipality (comune)

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