Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900
The first phase of industrialization has often been associated with decreasing standards of living for workers, and early industrial towns and cities gained bad reputations. One of the best indicators for living conditions in early life is young adult height, and the literature has often pointed at urban-rural differences in heights to illustrate the initial decrease of living standards due to urbanization and industrialization. But how was urban residence connected to height? Causal mechanisms can include disease environment related to crowdedness, food availability or the nature of urban ver... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Historical Life Course Studies, Vol 6 (2017) |
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International Instititute of Social History
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Schlagwörter: | 19th Century / Holland / Resource dilution / Anthropometric history / Urban-rural differences / Economic theory. Demography / HB1-3840 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26712353 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/ff730659de254b0b95acc4a446c6eaf9 |