What can body measurements tell us about living standards in the
past? In this collection of essays on height and weight data from
eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe, North America, and
Asia, fourteen distinguished scholars explore the relation between
physical size, economic development, and standard of living among
various socioeconomic groups. Analyzing differences in physical
stature by social group, gender, age, provenance, and date and
place of birth, these essays illuminate urban and rural differences
in well-being, explore the effects of market integration on
previously agricultural societies, contrast the experiences of
several segments of society, and explain the proximate causes of
downturns and upswings in well-being. Particularly intriguing is
the researchers' conclusion that the environment of the New World
during this period was far more propitious than that of Europe,
based on data showing that European aristocrats were in worse
health than even the poorest members of American society. The most
comprehensive and detailed gathering of this kind of anthropometric
research to date, this book will be vital for demographers,
economists, historians, physical anthropologists, sociologists, and
human biologists.
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