Mill Town Mortality: Consequences of Industrial Growth in Two Nineteenth-Century New England Towns

Recent research has considerably increased our understanding of the factors associated with the American epidemiological transition in the late nineteenth century. However, uncertainty remains regarding the impact on mortality of specific changes ancillary to urbanization and industrialization in Am...

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Published inSocial science history Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 39
Main Authors Hautaniemi, Susan I., Swedlund, Alan C., Anderton, Douglas L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, US Cambridge University Press 01.04.1999
Duke University Press
Sage [etc.]
Subjects
Age
Causes of death
Censuses
Death
Diseases
Epidemiology
Gastrointestinal diseases
Historical demography
Immigration
Industrial history
Industrialization
Infants
Massachusetts
Mortality
Mortality Rates
Nineteenth Century
Population growth
Social science history
Towns
U.S.A
Urban history
Urbanization
Massachusettes, USA
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Summary:Recent research has considerably increased our understanding of the factors associated with the American epidemiological transition in the late nineteenth century. However, uncertainty remains regarding the impact on mortality of specific changes ancillary to urbanization and industrialization in American cities and towns. The broad objective of the Connecticut Valley Historical Demography Project is to examine changing relationships between socioeconomic status, the rise of new urban-industrial communities, and cause-specific mortality trends during the rapid development of New England manufacturing. To address these issues, the present analysis examines two emergent urban centers in Massachusetts, adopting a micro-demographic approach to explore late-nineteenth-century and turn-of-the-century determinants of mortality.
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ISSN:0145-5532
1527-8034
DOI:10.1017/S0145553200017983