Studies in the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain and Ireland

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Jordan, Thomas E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Health psychology.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Health Psychology.; Maternal and Child Health.

This work examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this study include memoirs, diaries,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Housing as Quality of Life, Dublin 1798 1821
• Chapter 2. The Anthropometric Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1875-1883
• Chapter 3. Mars and Hygeia: The Application of Victorian Army Data on Height to the Quality of Life in the British Population
• Chapter 4. ''The Great Contrast'': Factor Analysis Applied to Quality of Life in the Era of the Irish Famine (co-authored with Pickett, L.)
• Chapter 5. Victorian Economic Change and Heights: a Note on Lagged Effects
• Chapter 6. Sons of St. Patrick: Quality of Life and Heights of Young Irish Males at Mid-Nineteenth Century.