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The Biological Standard Of Living On Three Continents - Further Explorations In Anthropometric History (Hardcover)
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The Biological Standard Of Living On Three Continents - Further Explorations In Anthropometric History (Hardcover)
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The effort of anthropometric historians to unearth the broad
patterns of human biological well-being has led to the examination
of nearly forgotten, centuries-old records from dusty archives in
practically all the continents of the globe. French historians in
the Annales tradition were among the first to adopt methods from
physical anthropology and from the biological sciences, but the
real expansion of the field dates from the pathbreaking work of
Richard Steckel and Robert Fogel, which launched the discipline of
anthropometric history on American soil Research has confirmed that
physical stature is related to nutritional status and therefore to
real family income, and thus to the general standard of living.
Historians and development economists will find this line of
research useful, as it informs us about the standard of living of
members of society for whom data on wages are seldom
available-women, children, aristocrats, farmers, and slaves. In
addition, this research has shown that the biological standard of
living may diverge from conventional indicators of welfare during
the early stages of industrialization. Thus, per capita income is
an ambiguous measure of welfare during some phases of growth, and
it must be supplemented with data from other indicators, such as
physical stature. The essays in this volume broaden our knowledge
of the human effects of the momentous economic changes of the last
two centuries, extending analysis to regions for which such
information has been lacking, including Russia, Canada, Indonesia,
Italy, and Spain.
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