The hidden cost of economic development : the biological standard of living in antebellum Pennsylvania

The hidden cost of economic development : the biological standard of living in antebellum Pennsylvania / Timothy Cuff.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cuff, Timothy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.
Series:	Modern economic and social history series
Subjects:	Cost and standard of living > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century. Stature > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century. Pennsylvania > Economic conditions > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

The 'antebellum puzzle' in Pennsylvania
Historical anthropometrics
Trade, economic restructuring, and physical stature variation
Antebellum Pennsylvania, a test environment for the biological effects of market integration
Variation and trends in the stature of antebellum Pennsylvanians.