SOME DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF TRANSYLVANIA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

摘要

WORLD WAR I IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN BOTH WORLD HISTORY AND LOCAL HISTORY. TRANSYLVANIA IS ONE OF THE TERRITORIES THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY ITS CONSEQUENCES. THE POPULATION OF THIS REGION SUFFERED IN ALL THE AREAS OF THEIR LIVES. FROM THE DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES (NAMELY, THE CHANGES RECORDED AT A STATISTICAL LEVEL), TO THE IMPACT AT A SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL, TO CULTURAL ISSUES, WE CAN AFFIRM THAT NOT ALL THESE ISSUES HAVE SPARKED AN EQUALLY GREAT INTEREST IN SPECIALIZED HISTORIOGRAPHY. HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH IN SOME CASES THE SOURCES WERE NOT VERY GENEROUS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, I WAS ABLE TO SHAPE A CLEARER GENERAL PICTURE OF THE SITUATION IN TRANSYLVANIA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.