{"product_id":"height-health-and-history-nutritional-status-in-the-united-kingdom-1750-1980-paperback-9780521029988","title":"Height, Health and History; Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750–1980 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521029988","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeight, Health and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750–1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeight, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoderick Floud (Author), Kenneth Wachter (Author), Annabel Gregory (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521029988, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.572 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn historical accounts of the circumstances of ordinary people's lives, nutrition has been the great unknown. Nearly impossible to measure or assess directly, it has nonetheless been held responsible for the declining mortality rates of the nineteenth century as well as being a major factor in the gap in living standards, morbidity and mortality between rich and poor. The measurement of height is a means of the direct assessment of nutritional status. This important and innovative study uses a wealth of military and philanthropic data to establish the changing heights of Britons during the period of industrialization, and thus establishes an important dimension to the long-standing controversy about living standards during the Industrial Revolution. Sophisticated quantitative analysis enables the authors to present some striking conclusions about the actual physical status of the British people during a period of profound social and economic upheaval, and Height, Health and History will provide an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Height, nutritional status and the historical record\u003cbr\u003e 2. Inference from military height data\u003cbr\u003e 3. Inference from samples of military records\u003cbr\u003e 4. Long-term trends in nutritional status\u003cbr\u003e 5. Regional and occupational differentials in British heights\u003cbr\u003e 6. Height, nutritional status and the environment\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nutritional status and physical growth in Britain, 1750–1980\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913251676440,"sku":"9780521029988","price":30.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521029988i_553c80ca-9a31-4071-8f52-9097bf2dd2b0.jpg?v=1694964879","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/height-health-and-history-nutritional-status-in-the-united-kingdom-1750-1980-paperback-9780521029988","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}