The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study

Drawing on anthropometric information, this article investigates the evolution of the biological standard of living in nineteenth-century Catalonia. We focus on the city of Igualada, one of Catalonia's main textile centres in the early part of the century. The results show a decline in the heig...

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Authors: Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-, Ramon i Muñoz, Josep Maria
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/104923
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Biologia del desenvolupament
Desenvolupament social
Industrialització
Catalunya
Developmental biology
Societal growth
Industrialization
Catalonia
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spelling The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case StudyRamon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-Ramon i Muñoz, Josep MariaBiologia del desenvolupamentDesenvolupament socialIndustrialitzacióCatalunyaDevelopmental biologySocietal growthIndustrializationCataloniaDrawing on anthropometric information, this article investigates the evolution of the biological standard of living in nineteenth-century Catalonia. We focus on the city of Igualada, one of Catalonia's main textile centres in the early part of the century. The results show a decline in the height of males born between the 1830s and the 1860s, the period in which factory- based industrialisation emerged and became consolidated. The article also suggests that height inequality rose during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The empirical evidence gathered provides further support for the pessimistic view of the evolution of the standard of living during the early stages of industrialisation.Universitat de Barcelona2016201620162016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion42 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/104923Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/HistoriaIndustrial/article/view/315812Revista de Historia Industrial, 2016, vol. 25, num. 64, p. 77-118(c) Universitat de Barcelona, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1049232026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
title The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
spellingShingle The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-
Biologia del desenvolupament
Desenvolupament social
Industrialització
Catalunya
Developmental biology
Societal growth
Industrialization
Catalonia
title_short The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
title_full The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
title_fullStr The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
title_sort The Biological Standard of Living in Nineteenth-Century Industrial Catalonia: A Case Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-
Ramon i Muñoz, Josep Maria
author Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-
author_facet Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon, 1967-
Ramon i Muñoz, Josep Maria
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author2 Ramon i Muñoz, Josep Maria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biologia del desenvolupament
Desenvolupament social
Industrialització
Catalunya
Developmental biology
Societal growth
Industrialization
Catalonia
topic Biologia del desenvolupament
Desenvolupament social
Industrialització
Catalunya
Developmental biology
Societal growth
Industrialization
Catalonia
description Drawing on anthropometric information, this article investigates the evolution of the biological standard of living in nineteenth-century Catalonia. We focus on the city of Igualada, one of Catalonia's main textile centres in the early part of the century. The results show a decline in the height of males born between the 1830s and the 1860s, the period in which factory- based industrialisation emerged and became consolidated. The article also suggests that height inequality rose during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The empirical evidence gathered provides further support for the pessimistic view of the evolution of the standard of living during the early stages of industrialisation.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/HistoriaIndustrial/article/view/315812
Revista de Historia Industrial, 2016, vol. 25, num. 64, p. 77-118
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