Stature in Nineteenth-Century Rio De Janeiro: Preliminary Evidence from Prison Records

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 465-489

  Frank, Zephyr ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropometric; Brazil 19th century; heights prisoners; I12; living conditions; N36

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249143907     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: 20413335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0212610900000604     Document Type: Article

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