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Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Roderick Floud
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By (author) Kenneth Wachter
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By (author) Annabel Gregory
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Series | Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:380 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780521029988
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Classifications | Dewey:304.64541 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
2 November 2006 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In historical accounts of the circumstances of ordinary people's lives, nutrition has been the great unknown. Nearly impossible to measure or assess directly, it has nonetheless been held responsible for the declining mortality rates of the nineteenth century as well as being a major factor in the gap in living standards, morbidity and mortality between rich and poor. The measurement of height is a means of the direct assessment of nutritional status. This important and innovative study uses a wealth of military and philanthropic data to establish the changing heights of Britons during the period of industrialization, and thus establishes an important dimension to the long-standing controversy about living standards during the Industrial Revolution. Sophisticated quantitative analysis enables the authors to present some striking conclusions about the actual physical status of the British people during a period of profound social and economic upheaval, and Height, Health and History will provide an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.
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