Browsing Historia Agraria número 47 (abril 2009) by Title

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    • openAccess   Agricultural Crisis and Biological Well-Being in Mexico, 1730-1835 

      Challú, Amílcar Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)
      In a peasant, pre-industrial society, such as eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Mexico’s, how much did adverse climatic conditions and high food prices influence the opportunities of the popular classes? Did they ...

    • openAccess   Alfabetización, bienestar biológico y desigualdad: la Comunidad Valenciana, 1850-1970 

      Martínez-Carrión, José Miguel; Puche-Gil, Javier (2009-04)
      This article examines the relationships between height and education in the process of literacy and modernization in Spain. Using longitudinal data from recruitment sources of the Community of Valencia, we report on features ...

    • openAccess   Antropometría y niveles de vida en el Madrid rural, 1837-1915 

      García Montero, Héctor Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)
      Este artículo traza la evolución de la estatura media en las zonas rurales de la provincia de Madrid para las generaciones nacidas entre 1837 y 1915. Las grandes diferencias intercomarcales de las primeras décadas tendieron ...

    • openAccess   Bienestar biológico y crecimiento agrario en la Cataluña rural, 1840-1936 

      Ramon-Muñoz, Josep-Maria Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)
      Este artículo analiza la relación entre bienestar biológico y crecimiento agrario en la Cataluña occidental entre mediados del siglo XIX y comienzos de la Guerra Civil. A partir de los promedios de estatura de las generaciones ...

    • openAccess   Guatemala: una revisión de las fuentes antropométricas disponibles 

      Ríos, Luis (2009-04)
      A large database containing the heights of recruits for the 1924 cohort allows us to review the regional dimensions of Argentina's biological welfare, in particular the idea that concentration of resources in Buenos Aires ...

    • openAccess   Long-Term Trends in Height in Rural Eastern Andalusia (1750-1950) 

      Cámara, Antonio D. Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)
      This work aims to enhance the period on which modern Spanish anthropometric history has developed its analysis. Data on height from adult males born between the mid 18th century and mid 20th century are presented. Data are ...

    • openAccess   El nivel de vida en el medio rural de Castilla y León. Una constatación antropométrica, 1840-1970 

      Hernández, Ricardo; Moreno, Javier (2009-04)
      The aim of this article is to estimate the effects of the agrarian capitalism on Castile and León's rural population using anthropometric indicators. Our results show that the economic growth of these areas based in extensive ...

    • openAccess   «Urban Premium» or «Urban Penalty»? The Case of Lisbon, 1840-1912 

      Reis, Jaime Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)
      Using an anthropometric approach, this paper shows that Lisbon, a large and industrialized city, did not suffer from an «urban penalty» during the second half of the nineteenth century. If anything, its residents enjoyed ...