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On English pygmies and giants : the physical stature of English youth in the late-18th and early-19th centuries

Komlos, John - 2005

North American counterparts. The height gap between the rich and poor was the greatest in England, reaching 22 cm at age 16 … discovered, while the English rich were the tallest in their time: only 2.5 cm shorter than today's US standards. Height of the … the height of the wealthy tended rather to increase until the 1840s and then levelled off. …

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Intergenerational mobility in the 19th century : micro-level evidence from the city of Zurich

Favre, Giacomin; Floris, Joël; Woitek, Ulrich - 2018

We analyze social mobility of decennial citizenry cohorts of Zurich born between 1780 and 1870. We categorize individuals according to their occupations and use different measures to show the level, change, and components of intergenerational mobility. Mobility was imperfect and weakly...

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The heights of French-Canadian, Irish, Scottish and English populations in Quebec, 1813 to 1847

Morin, Alex Arsenault; Geloso, Vincent; Kufenko, Vadim - 2016

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"Tall and lithe" - the wage-height premium in the Victorian and Edwardian British railway industry

Anderson, Peter - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 67 (2018), pp. 152-162

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Historical Statistics and British Economic History : The British Historical Statistics Project (BHSP)

Middleton, Roger - 2011

The project now underway to produce a new, multi-volume print and online edition of Mitchell’s celebrated British Historical Statistics (BHS) is an opportunity to examine the history of BHS. An account of its conception, reception and evolution provides a window through which to examine a...

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Alfred Chandler : His Vision and Achievement

McCraw, Thomas K. - 2011

How do we measure Alfred Chandler's achievement? What forces shaped his vision? What is his place in the pantheon of historians and social scientists? Might he rank with sociologists such as Talcott Parsons or even Max Weber? Economists such as Kenneth Arrow or even Joseph Schumpeter? With...

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Lagaan : Once Upon a Time in India: The Portrayal of British Colonialism in India Cinema

Imran, Mohd - 2022

In this blog, I examine the depiction of British involvement in agrarian policies in Lagaan. I argue that to generate greater revenue and extend their control over newer territories, the British codified laws, created military alliances, and set up courts. Priority was given to laws relating to...

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The spinning jenny and the industrial revolution : a reappraisal

Gragnolati, Ugo; Moschella, Daniele; Pugliese, Emanuele - 2010

Was the adoption of the spinning jenny profitable only in England? No. The present work finds that the jenny was profitable also in France. Such result contrasts recent findings on the topic by revising basic computations on the profitability of the spinning jenny. -- Industrial Revolution ;...

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Financial Services is Not a Profession

Lee, Steven James - 2019

This article serves as a meta-analysis to uncover different factors comprising the definition of “profession” from multiple disciplines including medicine, business, and law. Within the literature, four major themes arise that form the basis for what constitutes a profession: knowledge;...

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Futurama : business forecasting and the dynamics of capitalism in the interwar period

Lenel, Laetitia - 2018

The recognition of the key importance of economic stability after World War I sparked interest in business forecasting on both sides of the Atlantic. This article explores the creation and the rapid international and domestic dissemination of the Harvard Index of General Business Conditions in...

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