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For over a quarter century anthropometric historians have struggled to identify and measure the numerous factors that affect adult stature, which depends upon diet, disease and physical activity from conception to maturity. I simplify this complex problem by assessing nutritional status in a...
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This paper relies on birth and death lists from plantation records to investigate the causes of low birth weight and poor health of young slave children. The sources of deprivation can be traced to the fetal period. The slave work routine was arduous overall and particularily intense during...
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Underenumeration of vital events is a problem familiar topeople who work with historical demographic records. This paper proposes a method for recovering information about neonatal mortality.The approach utilizes average heights of young children to predict the birth weight of American slaves....
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For over a quarter century anthropometric historians have struggled to identify and measure the numerous factors that affect adult stature, which depends upon diet, disease and physical activity from conception to maturity. I simplify this complex problem by assessing nutritional status in a...
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This paper relies on birth and death lists from plantation records to investigate the causes of low birth weight and poor health of young slave children. The sources of deprivation can be traced to the fetal period. The slave work routine was arduous overall and particularily intense during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014106279
Underenumeration of vital events is a problem familiar topeople who work with historical demographic records. This paper proposes a method for recovering information about neonatal mortality.The approach utilizes average heights of young children to predict the birth weight of American slaves....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311204
Intro -- CHILD SLAVERY NOW -- Contents -- Acknowledgments and dedication -- Notes on contributors -- List of … abbreviations -- List of boxes, figures, tables and photos -- Introduction -- Origins -- Themes -- Outline -- one. Child slavery … today -- Concept of child slavery -- From 'slavery' to 'slavery and practices similar to slavery' -- What is 'child slavery …
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Emigration and the Street Music Trade -- 2 "Les Petits Italiens" in Paris -- 3 "The Organ Boys" in London -- 4 "The Little Slaves" in New York -- 5 Italian Legislation, 1868-1873 -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes --...
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