African-American and white inequality in the nineteenth century American South: a biological comparison |
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Authors: | Scott Alan Carson |
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Institution: | (1) University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 4901 East University, Odessa, TX 79762, USA;(2) CESifo, University of Munich, Shackstrasse 4, 80539 Munich, Germany |
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Abstract: | The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. By using a new source
of nineteenth century Texas state prison records, the present study contrasts the heights of comparable blacks and whites
between the Civil War and Reconstruction in the American South. White stature exceeded black stature. Between 1850 and 1870,
black stature declined by more than 1 cm but recovered toward the end of the nineteenth century. Postbellum white stature
declined by more than 1 1/2 cm over the same period yet never recovered.
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Keywords: | Nineteenth century US labor relations Stature Inequality |
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