Height, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Height, nutritional status and the historical record; 2. Inference from military height data; 3. Inference from samples of military records; 4. Long-term trends in nutritional status; 5. Regional and occupational differentials in British heights; 6. Height, nutritional status and the environment; 7. Nutritional status and physical growth in Britain, 1750-1980; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
