The Changing Body Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700 |
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| Author:
| Floud, Roderick
Fogel, Robert W.
Harris, Bernard
Hong, Sok Chul |
| Series title: | New Approaches to Economic and Social History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-97591-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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It is only recently that the changing size, shape and capability of the human body has been linked to economic and demographic change. This groundbreaking book provides an accessible introduction to anthropometric history, surveying the economic causes and consequences of changes in health and mortality, diet and the disease environment.
It is only recently that the changing size, shape and capability of the human body has been linked to economic and demographic change. This groundbreaking book provides an accessible introduction to anthropometric history, surveying the economic causes and consequences of changes in health and mortality, diet and the disease environment.