Convergence (and Divergence) in the Biological Standard of Living in the United States, 1820-1900 [PDF]
Standard economic indicators suggest that the United States experienced long-run economic growth throughout the nineteenth century. However, biological indicators, including human stature, offer a different picture, rising early in the century, falling ...
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The medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms during the nineteenth century
Continence ReportsMedical management and lifestyle changes rather than surgical interventions, are used for many urological problems. This was also the case in the past. The use of herbal medication for urinary symptoms in the nineteenth century is reviewed as well as the
Srusthti Bhat, Jonathan Charles Goddard
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Grand Illusions: Large-Scale Optical Toys and Contemporary Scientific Spectacle [PDF]
, 2013 Nineteenth-century optical toys that showcase illusions of motion such as the phenakistoscope, zoetrope, and praxinoscope, have enjoyed active “afterlives” in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Bak, Meredith A.
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Freedom to Trade, Free Trade and Laissez-Faire: Latin American Approaches to Economic Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century [PDF]
There were at least four stages in the nineteenth-century transition from mercantilism to "free trade". The first involved the freedom to trade with any country; the second led to the application of the same tariffs on imports from all countries.
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor
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The naval career of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells in the Mediterranean : 1842-1853 [PDF]
, 1998 The British naval connection to the Maltese Islands saw the arrival during the nineteenth century of a number of British medical practitioners. Some of these were noteworthy either because of their contribution to local medical and social history, or ...
Savona-Ventura, Charles
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Workhouse or asylum? Accommodating pauper lunatics in nineteenth-century England. [PDF]
Med Hist, 2023 Ritch A.
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Oakum picking in the twenty-first century [PDF]
, 2011 This paper deals with employability courses for young people who are not in education, employment or training. It critiques the nature of such training and draws comparisons between provision for NEET young people and that to which the poor were ...
Simmons, Robin
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'Hairy honours of their chins': whiskers and masculinity in early nineteenth-century Britain. [PDF]
Soc Hist, 2022 Withey A.
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Two Tales of a City: Nineteenth-Century Black Philadelphia [PDF]
, 1991 [Excerpt] In the tension between Forging Freedom and Roots of Violence certain themes present themselves for further research and thought. Neither volume successfully analyzes the historical roots of the African-American class structure.
Salvatore, Nick
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From Flowers to Plants: Plant-Thinking in Nineteenth-Century Danish Flower Painting
Open Cultural StudiesIn the nineteenth century, flower painters in Denmark shifted from depicting arranged, cut flowers to showing plants within their ecosystems. This article explores this shift by examining four paintings by the artists Christine Løvmand and Anthonore ...
Hedin Gry
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