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Paths to and from poverty in late 19th century novels [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2006 Late 19th century novels provide graphic descriptions of working and living conditions and their impact on population health, in particular the detrimental effects of hunger, poor housing, environmental conditions, hazardous work and poor pay, smoking and alcohol and crime, but also the transformative possibilities of social and political action.
Philippa Howden‐Chapman
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Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AThe physics of the heat-trapping properties of CO 2 were established in the mid-19th century, as fossil fuel burning rapidly increased atmospheric CO
Santer BD +4 more
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Historical insight on provincial merchants of the late 19th century [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The authors of the article believe that it is important to study the deep essence of the writer’s works in order to understand the period of time that he depicts. D.I. Stakheyev contributed to the development of the genres of sketch and short story as he discussed new subjects and ideas through studying the life of the Russian province.
Svetlana Ivanovna Grakhova +4 more
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The Structure of Protection and Growth in the Late 19th Century [PDF]
, 2008 There is a vast literature on the relationship between trade policy and growth, including several papers on the late 19 th century experience (e.g. O’Rourke 2000, Clemens and Williamson 2004). However, standard trade models suggest that the structure of protection, rather than the overall average tariff level, should matter for resource allocation and ...
Lehmann, Sibylle H. +1 more
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Biological Well-Being in Late 19th Century Philippines [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 This paper investigates the biological standard of living toward the end of Spanish rule. We investigate levels, trends, and determinants of physical stature from the birth cohorts of the 1860s to the 1890s using data on 23,000 Filipino soldiers enlisted by the U.S. military between 1901 and 1913.
Jean-Pascal Bassino +2 more
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The ‘discovery’ of anorexia nervosa: Discourses of the late 19th Century [PDF]
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 1990 'Anorexia nervosa' appeared in the medical literature of the late nineteenth Century as a term used to describe self-starvation in young women of the upper and middle classes in Western societies. This paper presents a discourse analysis of texts by the two physicians usually associated with the 'discovery' of anorexia: W.W. Gull and E.C. Laseque.
Hepworth, Julie, Griffin, Christine
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neurosyphilis in italian psychiatry of the late 19th century
, 2017 Based on Italian and international literature, the authors have studied nineteenth-century research into neurosyphilis in its main syndromic manifestations: tabes dorsalis and progressive paralysis. By examining some psychiatry handbooks of the time, it was possible to recover ample information about the symptomatology and the description of the ...
Aliverti, Massimo +5 more
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LANGUAGE IN KEDAH IN LATE 19TH CENTURY - LANGUAGE SITUATION IN A MALAY STATE IN LATE 19TH CENTURY
Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics (MJLL), 2017 This is a study of the language situation in Kedah in late 19th century based on a corpus letters of Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah of Kedah written during the period. In order to achieve a holistic picture of the linguistic situation of Kedah during that period, a two-pronged approach is applied.
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The lost origin of chemical ecology in the late 19th century [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 The origin of plant chemical ecology generally dates to the late 1950s, when evolutionary entomologists recognized the essential role of plant secondary metabolites in plant–insect interactions and suggested that plant chemical diversity evolved under the selection pressure of herbivory.
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Rainfall variability over Malawi during the late 19th century [PDF]
International Journal of Climatology, 2018 ABSTRACTEstablishing long‐term records of rainfall variability is essential for understanding changes in the magnitude and frequency of extreme events. The need is particularly pressing for much of Africa, where the instrumental meteorological record rarely stretches back beyond the early 20th century. This study extends the rainfall record for present‐
Kathleen Pribyl +5 more
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