The changing body : health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700 /

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"Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Bureau of Economic Research
Otros Autores: Floud, Roderick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
New approaches to economic and social history.
Temas:
Anthropometry > Europe.
Anthropometry > United States.
Nutritional anthropology.
Health > History.
Nutrition > Europe > History.
Nutrition > United States > History.
Human beings > Europe > History.
Human beings > United States > History.
Life expectancy.
Longevity.
Mortality > trends
Life Expectancy > history
Life Expectancy > trends
Mortality > history
Nutrition Surveys
Life Expectancy
Longevity
Anthropométrie > Europe.
Anthropologie de l'alimentation.
Santé > Histoire.
Nutrition > Europe > Histoire.
Nutrition > États-Unis > Histoire.
Homme > Europe.
Homme > États-Unis.
Espérance de vie.
Longévité.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Anthropometry.
Health.
Human beings.
Nutrition.
Anthropometrie
Menselijk lichaam.
Gezondheid.
Voedingsgewoonten.
Bevolkingsontwikkeling.
Antropometrie.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Anthropometrie.
Europe.
United States.
Westliche Welt
Westerse wereld.
Westliche Welt.
History.
Statistieken (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Our changing bodies: 300 years of technophysio evolution
  • Investigating the interaction of biological, demographic, and economic variables from fragmentary data
  • The analysis of long-term trends in nutritional status, mortality, and economic growth
  • Technophysio evolution and human health in England and Wales since 1700
  • Height, health, and mortality in continental Europe, 1700-2100
  • The American experience of technophysio evolution
  • What has been achieved and is now in prospect?

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