Economic History of Living Standards in Brazil: Policy, Health and Environment, 1850-1950

Incorporating political, economic, and environmental factors, this book explores the evolution of health and living standards in Brazil from 1850 to 1950. It draws on anthropometric data and an interdisciplinary approach to illuminate the profound socio-economic transformations that unfolded in Brazil during this period.

Daniel W Franken is Assistant Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where he teaches classes on globalization, quantitative methods, business history, and modern Latin America. His research interests lie at the intersection between quantitative history and public health, with a special focus on tropical disease and policy. Upcoming research projects include an examination of the impact of sanitation on infant mortality in São Paulo between 1870 and 1940 and a study on hookworm in Brazil in the early-twentieth century.