Bread and Work: Pellagra and Economic Transformation in Turn-of-the-Century Italy

Whitaker, Elizabeth D.

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“…33 33 For instance, reliance on corn (maize) in some European countries led to outbreaks of pellagra; Livi‐Bacci, ‘Fertility’; Whitaker, ‘Bread’. …”

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Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution¹

Horrell

Oxley

2012

The Economic History Review

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The impact of changing diet and resultant nutrition on living standards over the industrial revolution has been much debated, yet existing data have enabled only general trends to be identified. We use data from Eden's survey of parishes in 1795 and the Rural Queries of 1834 to go beyond average calorie intake, instead focusing on micronutrients and quality of diet. From this we discern regional differences in diet. In 1795 these differences were related to the availability of common land and the nature of women's work. Diet in both periods also maps onto stature. Using five datasets on height, we observe a positive impact of diet in 1795 on men's, women's, and boy's heights. By 1834 the impact is less evident; for men it remained, for women and boys it either no longer existed or became negative. This may indicate the superseding of nutritional factors by environmental ones, but it also hints at the emergence of a different relationship between height and nutrition for women and children compared with men. We speculate that this points to a shift in the intra‐household allocation of resources, but challenge the notion that the emergence of male breadwinning automatically led to universal female disadvantage.

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“…33 33 For instance, reliance on corn (maize) in some European countries led to outbreaks of pellagra; Livi‐Bacci, ‘Fertility’; Whitaker, ‘Bread’. …”

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Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution¹

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Oxley

2012

The Economic History Review

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“…It provides a wonderful model for discussions in historical epidemiology (Bollet 1992: Kunitz 1988: Lanska 1996) Some great works on the social history of pellagra have also been written (eg, Etheridge 1972: Roe 1973). Yet to my mind, there is still a paucity in the anthropological literature on the subject (for some exceptions see Brown and Whitaker 1994: Crabb 1992: Whitaker 1992. This is surprising given the tremendous impact that this disease has had on the lives of millions of people in the past.…”

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Pellagra and Nutrition Policy Lessons from the Great Irish Famine to the New South Africa

Brenton¹

1998

Nutritional Anthropology

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Health and Healthcare in the Liberal State

Taroni

2021

Health and Healthcare Policy in Italy Since 1861

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Bread and Work: Pellagra and Economic Transformation in Turn-of-the-Century Italy

Cited by 6 publications

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Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution¹

Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution¹

Pellagra and Nutrition Policy Lessons from the Great Irish Famine to the New South Africa

Health and Healthcare in the Liberal State

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Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution1

Pellagra and Nutrition Policy Lessons from the Great Irish Famine to the New South Africa

Health and Healthcare in the Liberal State

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Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution¹

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