Before the Servant Project began its activities, on the initiative of the editor of this book, the
long term history of domestic service was still in its beginning stage. This volume is the first …

We explore whether there was an urban height penalty in Spain during the period of early
industrialization from 1840 to 1913, using data from Spain's Southeastern coast and from …

The hospital was" invented" in the fourth-century Byzantine Empire as a charitable institution
for the overnight relief of the poor and sick but not necessarily for medical treatment. It …

Este trabajo examina las diferencias urbano-rurales de la estatura durante las primeras
fases de la industrialización española. Su objetivo es explorar la dimensión de la urban …

Cet article s' intéresse à la sélection des témoins de mariage civil au XIX e siècle, dans les
villes françaises, belges, hollandaises et italiennes, et tente d'évaluer l'intérêt de cette …

This article aims to answer a provocative question: would higher prices, particularly that of
milk, be beneficial for the survival of children under 2 years old? Using a database of more …

In this introduction, we defend a long-run perspective which is definitively crucial in our view.
Most of the challenges shown in this book are being faced in the present and will be faced in …

La tesis que a continuación se presenta, aborda el estudio de la Gripe de 1889-1890,
conocida como “La Gripe Rusa”. Se la considera una de las pandemias de gripe más …

This paper reintroduces to the historical-demographic literature the problem of the
relationship between a set of processes generally labeled as “industrialization” and …

El abandono infantil en instituciones de caridad o beneficencia ha sido un tema
ampliamente abordado por la historia asistencial tanto en nuestro país como en el …