Health, height and history : an overview of recent developments in anthropometric history

Harris, Bernard (1994) Health, height and history : an overview of recent developments in anthropometric history. Social History of Medicine, 7 (2). pp. 297-320. ISSN 0951-631X

Abstract

This paper examines some of the major developments in the field of anthropometric history since the end of the 1970s. The first two sections of the paper consider the conceptual basis of anthropometric history and the relationship between height and the standard of living. Sections 3-7 discuss the contributions made by anthropometric historians to our understanding of the social and economic history of the United States, the history of American slavery, the social history of the United Kingdom, the origins of Habsburg industrialization, and the standard of living in nineteenth-century Sweden. The concluding section summarizes the impact of anthropometric history and identifies a number of areas for further research.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	46274
  Dates:	Date Event 1994 Published
  Subjects:	Medicine > Public aspects of medicine Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Policy
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	12 Dec 2013 12:17
  Last modified:	08 Apr 2024 20:58
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/46274