Height, health, and history : nutritional status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980 / Roderick Floud, Kenneth Wachter, and Annabel Gregory.

Author
Floud, Roderick [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Description
xxi, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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      Summary note
      Presents an anthropometric history of Britain and Ireland over the last 250 years. Studies human growth in relation to economic history and demography during 1750-1980.
      Notes
      Includes index.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-344)
      Contents
      • Machine derived contents note: 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.
      ISBN
      • 0521303141
      • 9780521303149
      • 0521029988
      • 9780521029988
      LCCN
      91125423
      OCLC
      29387685
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