Arbeitspapier
On the Biological Standard of Living of Eighteenth-Century Americans: Taller, Richer, Healthier
This study analyses the physical stature of runaway apprentices and military deserters based on advertisements collected from 18th-century newspapers, in order to explore the biological welfare of colonial and early-national Americans. The results indicate that heights declined somewhat at mid-century, but increased substantially thereafter. The findings are generally in keeping with trends in mortality and in economic activity. The Americans were much taller than Europeans: by the 1780s adults were as much as 6.6 cm taller than Englishmen, and at age 16 American apprentices were some 12 cm taller than the poor children of London.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2003-9
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
General Welfare; Well-Being
Health Behavior
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- Thema
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Anthropometrics
Living Standards
18th century
colonial US
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Komlos, John
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
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München
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2003
- DOI
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doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.53
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-53-0
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Komlos, John
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
Entstanden
- 2003
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