Explorations: Iron Horse: What may have caused the mortality decline in mid eighteenth century England

Duration: 2 mins 42 secs
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Description: Background to Channel 4 Series 'The Day the World Took Off', the millenial series shown in 2000. With kind permission of Windfall films.
A survey of the theories put forward to explain the extraordinary mortality decline in eighteenth century Britain, none of which is satisfactory. Having eliminated these, could the answer lie in the drinking habits of the British (and Japanese)?
 
Created: 2018-03-07 16:49
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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