Professor Michael Anderson FBA

Social, economic and geographic histories of Scotland, the UK, and Western Europe since the 18th century. Social economy of households and families
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1989
Subjects
History, Sociology

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Emeritus Professor of Economic History

2008 -

National Library of Scotland Chairman of the Board of Trustees

2000 - 2012

University of Edinburgh Senior Vice-Principal

2000 - 2007

University of Edinburgh Professor of Economic History

1979 -

University of Edinburgh Reader in Sociology

1975 - 1979

Publications

Scotland's populations from the 1850s to today

Michael Anderson - Published in 2018 by Oxford University Press

Highly restricted fertility: very small families in the British fertility decline

Michael Anderson - Published in 1998 by Taylor & Francis

Population Studies

The social implications of demographic change

Michael Andersonedited by F.M.L. Thompson - Published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750–1950

Approaches to the history of the western family 1500-1914

Adaptation by Michael Anderson - Published in 1980 by Cambridge University Press

Family structure in 19th century Lancashire

Michael Anderson - Published in 1971 by Cambridge University Press

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Organisational Theory Business Administration and Business Economics Business and Management Studies

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Professor Diane Reay FBA

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Professor Diane Reay FBA

Professor Kathleen Kiernan FBA

Family change in developed countries: family environments and child well-being in the early years: co-habitation & unmarried parenthood; parental separation & children's well-being; life course analysis

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