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African-American and white living standards in the 19th century American South : a biological comparison

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dc.creator Carson, Scott Alan
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:18Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:18Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19160
dc.identifier ppn:510039103
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19160
dc.description By using a new source of 19th century Texas state prison records, the present study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable blacks and whites in the American South between the Civil War and Reconstruction. White stature exceeded black stature. Between 1850 and 1870, black sub-adult stature declined by over one centimeter. Postbellum sub-adult white stature declined by over one and a half centimeters and never recovered over the same period. The secular trend for adult blacks improved by two and one half centimeters between the 1850s but declined after the Civil War.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1696
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject N31
dc.subject I12
dc.subject J70
dc.subject J15
dc.subject I31
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Lebensstandard
dc.subject Gesundheit
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject USA <Südstaaten>
dc.subject Körpergröße
dc.title African-American and white living standards in the 19th century American South : a biological comparison
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper
dc.coverage 1850-1900


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