Classics in Anthropometric History
Author: John Komlos
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13:
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The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness
Author: Jonathan C. K. Wells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0521884209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntegrates medical and evolutionary data on the role of body fat in human biology, including the current obesity epidemic.
Human Biology and History
Author: Malcolm Smith
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-07-25
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0203217594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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
The Changing Body
Author: Roderick Floud
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-31
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1139500805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumans 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 and demographic change. This fascinating and groundbreaking book presents an accessible introduction to the field of anthropometric history, surveying the causes and consequences of changes in health and mortality, diet and the disease environment in Europe and the United States since 1700. It examines how we define and measure health and nutrition as well as key issues such as whether increased longevity contributes to greater productivity or, instead, imposes burdens on society through the higher costs of healthcare and pensions. The result is a major contribution to economic and social history with important implications for today's developing world and the health trends of the future.
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
Author: Dr. John Komlos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-05-25
Total Pages: 849
ISBN-13: 0190631651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology provides an extensive and insightful overview of how economic conditions affect human well-being and how human health influences economic outcomes. Among the topics explored are how variations in height, whether over time, among different socio-economic groups, and in different locations, are important indicators of changes in economic growth and economic development, levels of economic inequality, and economic opportunities for individuals. The book covers a broad geographic range: Africa, Latin and North America, Asia, and Europe. Its temporal scope ranges from the late Iron Age to the present. Taking advantage of recent improvements in data and economic methods, the book also explores how humans' biological conditions influence and are influenced by their economic circumstances, including poverty. Among the issues addressed are how height, body mass index (BMI), and obesity can affect and are affected by productivity, wages, and wealth. How family environment affects health and well-being is examined, as is the importance of both pre-birth and early childhood conditions for subsequent economic outcomes. Reflecting this dynamic and expanding area of research, the volume shows that well-being is a salient aspect of economics, and the new toolkit of evidence from biological living standards enhances understanding of industrialization, commercialization, income distribution, the organization of health care, social status, and the redistributive state affect such human attributes as physical stature, weight, and the obesity epidemic in historical and contemporary populations.
The Anthropological Demography of Health
Author: Véronique Petit
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020-10-30
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 0198862431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Anthropological Demography of Health explores the combination of anthropological and demographic approaches to public health research, charting the growing body of research that combines ethnography with quantitative models and methods in the field of population health.
Slavery in the Development of the Americas
Author: David Eltis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-03-29
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781139452090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSlavery in the Development of the Americas brings together work from leading historians and economic historians of slavery. The essays cover various aspects of slavery and the role of slavery in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas. Some essays explore the emergence of the slave system, and others provide important insights about the operation of specific slave economics. There are reviews of slave markets and prices, and discussions of the efficiency and distributional aspects of slavery. Perspectives are brought on the transition from slavery and subsequent adjustments, and the volume contains the work of prominent scholars, many of whom have been pioneers in the study of slavery in the Americas.
Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Author: Peter Garnsey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-04-22
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780521645881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats it as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, evoking other basic human needs and desires, especially sex, and performing social and cultural roles which can be either integrative or divisive. The book explores food taboos in Greek, Roman, and Jewish society, and food-allocation within the family, as well as more familiar cultural and economic polarities which are highlighted by food and eating. The author draws on a wide range of evidence new and old, from written sources to human skeletal remains, and uses both comparative historical evidence from early modern and contemporary developing societies and the anthropological literature, to create a case-study of food in antiquity.
The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Imperial Russia, 1700-1917
Author: Boris Mironov
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-31
Total Pages: 702
ISBN-13: 1136315209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first full-scale anthropometric history of Imperial Russia (1700-1917). It mobilizes an immense volume of archival material to chart the growth, weight, and other anthropometric indicators of the male and female populations in order to chart how the standard of living in Russia changed over slightly more than two centuries. It draws on a wide range of data—statistics on agricultural production, taxation, prices and wages, nutrition, and demography—to draw conclusions on the dynamics in the standard of living over this long period of time. The economic, social, and political interpretation of these findings make it possible to reconsider the prevailing views in the historiography and to offer a new perspective on Imperial Russia.
South Korea
Author: Daniel J. Schwekendiek
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 1351488686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the second half of the twentieth century, an economic boom, driven by advances in technology, has led South Korea to become the world's fastest growing economy. But, there were also social factors associated with this shift. In this book, Daniel J. Schwekendiek examines South Korea's socioeconomic evolution since the 1940s.After a brief introduction to Korean history from the late Joseon Dynasty to the division of the Korean peninsula into two occupied zones in 1945, the focus of the book shifts to the rapid socioeconomic development and change that took place in South Korea in the twentieth century. Topics covered include demography, rural-urban development, economic planning, and international trade, in addition to lower and higher education. Important, but understudied areas, such as social capital, nutritional improvements, the rise of capitalist consumerism, and recent nation branding issues, are also addressed.Rarely has a resource incorporated such unique macro-historical perspectives of South Korea, especially in the context of social development. Throughout the book, the author corroborates historical events with empirical data. With over one hundred figures and illustrations, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and comparisons with North Korea, South Korea will be a crucial reference work for scholars and advanced students in Korean and East Asian Studies.
