Stature, living standards, and economic development : essays in anthropometric history
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Stature, living standards, and economic development : essays in anthropometric history
University of Chicago Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index
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内容説明
What can body measurements tell us about living standards in the past? In this collection of essays studying height and weight data from 18th- and early 19th-century Europe, North America and Asia, 14 scholars explore the relation between physical size, economic development and standard of living among various socioeconomic groups. Analyzing the differences in physical stature by birth group, gender, age, provenance and date and place of birth, these essays examine urban and rural differences in well-being, explore the effects of market integration on previously agricultural societies, contrast the experiences of several segments of society and explain the proximate causes of downturns and upswings in well-being. The researchers conclude that the environment of the New World during this period was far more propitious than that of Europe, based on data showing that European aristocrats were in worse health than even the poorest members of American society. This book should be of interest to demographers, economists, historians, physical anthropologists, sociologists and human biologists.
目次
Preface by John Komlos Introduction: Growth in Height as a Mirror of the Standard of Living, James M. Tanner 1: The Heights of Europeans since 1750: A New Source for European Economic History Roderick Floud 2: The Height of Schoolchildren in Britain, 1900-1950 Bernard Harris 3: The Heights of the British and the Irish c. 1800-1815: Evidence from Recruits to the East India Company's Army Joel Mokyr, Cormac O Grada. 4: The Standard of Living in Scotland, 1800-1850 Paul Riggs 5: Stature, Welfare, and Economic Growth in Nineteenth-Century Spain: The Case of Murcia Jose M. Martinez Carrion 6: The Height of Runaway Slaves in Colonial America, 1720-1770 John Komlos 7: Health and Nutrition in the American Midwest: Evidence from the Height of Ohio National Guardsmen, 1850-1910 Richard H. Steckel, Donald R. Haurin. 8: How Severe was the Great Depression? Evidence from the Pittsburgh Region Jialu Wu 9: Heights and Health in the United States, 1710-1950 Richard H. Steckel 10: The Level of Living in Japan, 1885-1938: New Evidence Ted Shay Comment, Stanley Engerman On the Significance of Anthropometric History, John Komlos Bibliography Contributors Index
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