Edited by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Professor of Sociology, Utrecht University and Research Fellow, International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands

‘Marco van Leeuwen’s Research Handbook on Historical Sociology delivers a masterful blend of history, theory, and practice with a global scope. His book offers readers state-of-the-art analysis by skilled practitioners in the field. It should be required reading for all sociologists and historians with social science interests.’

• Contents1 Historical sociology as global social science history 1Marco H. D. van Leeuwen2 Institutions in economic history and the new economic sociology: bridgingthe gap 44Anne McCants3 Persistence of the past in organizations 63Sofie Wiersma and Zoltán Lippényi4 Sociological political economy of race, ethnicity, and religion 78Kerice Doten-Snitker5 Mutualism and social welfare 93Bernard Harris6 A bird’s eye view on the longitudinal development of “old” and “new”commons. Institutions for collective action in historical perspective 121Tine De Moor7 Inequality 154Guido Alfani8 (Wealth) elites 178Eva Maria Gajek9 Occupational mobility between the generations and over the life course 193Ineke Maas & Marco H. D. van Leeuwen10 Migration and immigrant outcomes at the destination 220Santiago Pérez11 Skill change 238Rowena Gray12 Social homogamy: past and present 261Marco H. D. van Leeuwen and Ineke Maas13 Female labor force participation 290Maria Stanfors14 Social networks in historical political sociology 331Jonathan Schoots15 Kinship and inequalities in historical sociology 358Saverio Minardi, Giulia Corti and Nicola Barban16 Colonial family demography: setting the stage 387Jan Kok17 New African health histories: (e)merging lines 421Hilde Bras18 Family systems in comparative perspective: a concise review, with anemphasis on historical East Asia 449Hao Dong19 Slavery and emancipation 470Martin Ruef20 Spatiality in historical sociology 493Niall Cunningham21 Sifting through text and time – computational text analysis for historicalsociology 513Ana Macanovic

Edited by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Professor of Sociology, Utrecht University and Research Fellow, International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands

‘Marco van Leeuwen’s Research Handbook on Historical Sociology delivers a masterful blend of history, theory, and practice with a global scope. His book offers readers state-of-the-art analysis by skilled practitioners in the field. It should be required reading for all sociologists and historians with social science interests.’

• Contents1 Historical sociology as global social science history 1Marco H. D. van Leeuwen2 Institutions in economic history and the new economic sociology: bridgingthe gap 44Anne McCants3 Persistence of the past in organizations 63Sofie Wiersma and Zoltán Lippényi4 Sociological political economy of race, ethnicity, and religion 78Kerice Doten-Snitker5 Mutualism and social welfare 93Bernard Harris6 A bird’s eye view on the longitudinal development of “old” and “new”commons. Institutions for collective action in historical perspective 121Tine De Moor7 Inequality 154Guido Alfani8 (Wealth) elites 178Eva Maria Gajek9 Occupational mobility between the generations and over the life course 193Ineke Maas & Marco H. D. van Leeuwen10 Migration and immigrant outcomes at the destination 220Santiago Pérez11 Skill change 238Rowena Gray12 Social homogamy: past and present 261Marco H. D. van Leeuwen and Ineke Maas13 Female labor force participation 290Maria Stanfors14 Social networks in historical political sociology 331Jonathan Schoots15 Kinship and inequalities in historical sociology 358Saverio Minardi, Giulia Corti and Nicola Barban16 Colonial family demography: setting the stage 387Jan Kok17 New African health histories: (e)merging lines 421Hilde Bras18 Family systems in comparative perspective: a concise review, with anemphasis on historical East Asia 449Hao Dong19 Slavery and emancipation 470Martin Ruef20 Spatiality in historical sociology 493Niall Cunningham21 Sifting through text and time – computational text analysis for historicalsociology 513Ana Macanovic

Edited by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Professor of Sociology, Utrecht University and Research Fellow, International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands

‘Marco van Leeuwen’s Research Handbook on Historical Sociology delivers a masterful blend of history, theory, and practice with a global scope. His book offers readers state-of-the-art analysis by skilled practitioners in the field. It should be required reading for all sociologists and historians with social science interests.’

• Contents1 Historical sociology as global social science history 1Marco H. D. van Leeuwen2 Institutions in economic history and the new economic sociology: bridgingthe gap 44Anne McCants3 Persistence of the past in organizations 63Sofie Wiersma and Zoltán Lippényi4 Sociological political economy of race, ethnicity, and religion 78Kerice Doten-Snitker5 Mutualism and social welfare 93Bernard Harris6 A bird’s eye view on the longitudinal development of “old” and “new”commons. Institutions for collective action in historical perspective 121Tine De Moor7 Inequality 154Guido Alfani8 (Wealth) elites 178Eva Maria Gajek9 Occupational mobility between the generations and over the life course 193Ineke Maas & Marco H. D. van Leeuwen10 Migration and immigrant outcomes at the destination 220Santiago Pérez11 Skill change 238Rowena Gray12 Social homogamy: past and present 261Marco H. D. van Leeuwen and Ineke Maas13 Female labor force participation 290Maria Stanfors14 Social networks in historical political sociology 331Jonathan Schoots15 Kinship and inequalities in historical sociology 358Saverio Minardi, Giulia Corti and Nicola Barban16 Colonial family demography: setting the stage 387Jan Kok17 New African health histories: (e)merging lines 421Hilde Bras18 Family systems in comparative perspective: a concise review, with anemphasis on historical East Asia 449Hao Dong19 Slavery and emancipation 470Martin Ruef20 Spatiality in historical sociology 493Niall Cunningham21 Sifting through text and time – computational text analysis for historicalsociology 513Ana Macanovic