• 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   The urban-rural height gap: Evidence from late nineteenth-century Catalonia 

      Ramon-Muñoz, Ramon; Ramon-Muñoz, Josep-Maria Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (2021-09)
      This paper aims to establish whether there was a gap in biological living standards between rural and urban areas in late nineteenth-century Catalonia, and if so, to determine its extent. The study makes use of a large ...
    • 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 ...