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Book Synopsis Height, Health and History by : Roderick Floud
Download or read book Height, Health and History written by Roderick Floud and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Height, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the history of the human body itself.
Book Synopsis Height, Health and History by : Roderick C. Floud
Download or read book Height, Health and History written by Roderick C. Floud and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition by : Alex Mercer
Download or read book Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition written by Alex Mercer and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2014 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ongoing, worldwide epidemiological transition from acute infectious diseases to chronic diseases as the predominant causes of death, presenting a new theory on how chronic diseases have developed.
Book Synopsis Transactions of the Royal Historical Society by : Andrew Spicer
Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society written by Andrew Spicer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.
Book Synopsis The Biological Standard Of Living On Three Continents by : John Komlos
Download or read book The Biological Standard Of Living On Three Continents written by John Komlos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 2, Growth and Decline, 1870 to the Present by : Roderick Floud
Download or read book The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 2, Growth and Decline, 1870 to the Present written by Roderick Floud and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization. Combining the expertise of more than thirty leading historians and economists, Volume 2 tracks the development of the British economy from late nineteenth-century global dominance to its early twenty-first century position as a mid-sized player in an integrated European economy. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the major controversies in the field and students are shown how to connect historical evidence with economic theory and how to apply quantitative methods. The chapters re-examine issues of Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmark its performance against that of its European and global competitors. Suggestions for further reading are also provided in each chapter, to help students engage thoroughly with the topics being discussed.
Book Synopsis Health and Disease in Human History by : Robert I. Rotberg
Download or read book Health and Disease in Human History written by Robert I. Rotberg and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays suggests the great extent to which exploration, settlement, agricultural growth, colonization, urbanization, and even human stature were influenced by environmental and epidemiological realities, as well as by political and economic responses to those realities.
Book Synopsis Human Biology and History by : Malcolm Smith
Download or read book Human Biology and History written by Malcolm Smith and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biology of people in the past is a rapidly expanding field of historical study. Our capacity to understand the biology of historical populations is experiencing remarkable developments on both theoretical and analytical fronts. Human Biology and History weaves together the fields of biology, archaeology, and anthropology in an exchange o
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain by : Roderick Floud
Download or read book The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain written by Roderick Floud and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain, Volume 2 re-examines Britain's economic growth and decline during the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis The Health of Populations by : Stephen J. Kunitz
Download or read book The Health of Populations written by Stephen J. Kunitz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the maelstrom of current public health debate over the social determinants of health, this book offers a discussion on the roots of prevalent strains of thought on the matter. The author brings an independent perspective to bear on the debate.
Book Synopsis A History of Childhood by : Colin Heywood
Download or read book A History of Childhood written by Colin Heywood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Heywood's classic account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War combines a long-run historical perspective with a broad geographical spread. This new, comprehensively updated edition incorporates the findings of the most recent research, and in particular revises and expands the sections on theoretical developments in the 'new social studies of childhood', on medieval conceptions of the child, on parenting and on children’s literature. Rather than merely narrating their experiences from the perspectives of adults, Heywood incorporates children’s testimonies, 'looking up' as well as 'down'. Paying careful attention to elements of continuity as well as change, he tells a story of astonishing material improvement for the lives of children in advanced societies, while showing how the business of preparing for adulthood became more and more complicated and fraught with emotional difficulties. Rich with evocative details of everyday life, and providing the most concise and readable synthesis of the literature available, Heywood's book will be indispensable to all those interested in the study of childhood.
Book Synopsis Health and Welfare during Industrialization by : Richard H. Steckel
Download or read book Health and Welfare during Industrialization written by Richard H. Steckel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique anthology, Steckel and Floud coordinate ten essays that bring a new perspective to inquiry about standard of living in modern times. These papers are arranged for international comparison, and they individually examine evidence of health and welfare during and after industrialization in eight countries: the United States, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia. The essays incorporate several indicators of quality of life, especially real per capita income and health, but also real wages, education, and inequality. And while the authors use traditional measures of health such as life expectancy and mortality rates, this volume stands alone in its extensive use of new "anthropometric" data—information about height, weight and body mass index that indicates changes in nations' well-being. Consequently, Health and Welfare during Industrialization signals a new direction in economic history, a broader and more thorough understanding of what constitutes standard of living.
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History by : Oxford University Press
Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History written by Oxford University Press and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003 with total page 2812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While many dictionaries of economics are available for purchase, this title is unique because of its greater depth of treatment. It offers histories and backgrounds on a significant number of economic topics, not only for the United States but also for other countries and geographic regions. Entries cover such topics as economic concepts; markets and industries; economic development in various countries; biographical essays on key people in economics and business; business products, including coffee, gas, and oil; and the economic aspects of historical events and time periods, including the Great Depression."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine by : Mark Jackson
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine written by Mark Jackson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. In recent decades, the history of medicine has emerged as a rich and mature sub-discipline within history, but the strength of the field has not precluded vigorous debates about methods, themes, and sources. Bringing together over thirty international scholars, this handbook provides a constructive overview of the current state of these debates, and offers new directions for future scholarship. There are three sections: the first explores the methodological challenges and historiographical debates generated by working in particular historical ages; the second explores the history of medicine in specific regions of the world and their medical traditions, and includes discussion of the `global history of medicine'; the final section analyses, from broad chronological and geographical perspectives, both established and emerging historical themes and methodological debates in the history of medicine.
Download or read book Poor Health written by Virginia Berridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1980 Black Report by Sir Douglas Black has kept health inequalities at the forefront of the public health agenda. This volume explores the history and development of studies and concern over health inequalities especially in relation to the 1980 report.
Book Synopsis Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle by : Dora L. Costa
Download or read book Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle written by Dora L. Costa and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century saw significant increases in both life expectancy and retirement rates-changes that have had dramatic impacts on nearly every aspect of society and the economy. Forecasting future trends in health and retirement rates, as we must do now, requires investigation of such long-term trends and their causes. To that end, this book draws on new data-an extensive longitudinal survey of Union Army veterans born between 1820 and 1850-to examine the factors that affected health and labor force participation in nineteenth-century America. Contributors consider the impacts of a variety of conditions-including social class, wealth, occupation, family, and community-on the morbidity and mortality of the group. The papers investigate and address a number of special topics, including the influence of previous exposure to infectious disease, migration, and community factors such as lead in water mains. They also analyze the roles of income, health, and social class in retirement decisions, paying particular attention to the social context of disability. Economists and historians who specialize in demography or labor, as well as those who study public health, will welcome the unique contributions offered by this book, which offers a clearer view than ever before of the workings and complexities of life, death, and labor during the nineteenth century.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge World History of Food by : Kenneth F. Kiple
Download or read book The Cambridge World History of Food written by Kenneth F. Kiple and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.
