Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750–1980 - Rilegato

Floud, Roderick; Wachter, Kenneth; Gregory, Annabel

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ISBN 10: 0521303141 ISBN 13: 9780521303149

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

Height, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521303141
• ISBN 13: 9780521303149
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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