Journal article
Growth in an English population from the Industrial Revolution
Abstract
The rapid urbanization of the Industrial Revolution in 18th-19th century England presented new health challenges. Our aim is to investigate using English skeletal remains whether the living conditions for an urban working class group in the Industrial Revolution negatively impacted upon their skeletal growth compared with a population from a rural agrarian parish. The Industrial Revolution skeletal material is from St Martin's Churchyard, …
Authors
Mays S; Brickley M; Ives R
Journal
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Vol. 136, No. 1, pp. 85–92
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2008
DOI
10.1002/ajpa.20780
ISSN
0002-9483