Making a long story short: a note on men's height and mortality in England from the first through the nineteenth centuries

Stephen J Kunitz

doi:10.1017/S002572730004686X

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Crossref Citations

This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

Goodman, Alan H. Brooke Thomas, R. Swedlund, Alan C. and Armelagos, George J. 1988. Biocultural perspectives on stress in prehistoric, historical, and contemporary population research. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 31, Issue. S9, p. 169.

Lynn, Richard 1990. The role of nutrition in secular increases in intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 11, Issue. 3, p. 273.

1994. Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary?.

Gage, Timothy B. and Zansky, Shelly M. 1995. Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and level of mortality. American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 7, Issue. 6, p. 679.

Woods, Robert and Williams, Naomi 1995. Must the gap widen before it can be narrowed? Long-term trends in social class mortality differentials. Continuity and Change, Vol. 10, Issue. 1, p. 105.

Miles, Toni P. and Himes, Christine 1995. Biological and social determinants of body size across the life span. Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 14, Issue. 3, p. 327.

Colom, Roberto Andrés-Pueyo, Antonio and Juan-Espinosa, Manuel 1998. Generational IQ gains: Spanish data. Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 25, Issue. 5, p. 927.

Steckel, Richard H. 2004. New Light on the “Dark Ages”. Social Science History, Vol. 28, Issue. 2, p. 211.

Kuh, Diana and Ben-Shlomo, Yoav 2004. A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology. p. 77.

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars and Strulik, Holger 2009. A Bioeconomic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium: Body Size and Population Size in the Long-Run. SSRN Electronic Journal,

Campbell, Cameron D. and Lee, James Z. 2009. Long-term mortality consequences of childhood family context in Liaoning, China, 1749–1909. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 68, Issue. 9, p. 1641.

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars and Strulik, Holger 2010. The Physiological Foundations of the Wealth of Nations. SSRN Electronic Journal,

Shin, Dong Hoon Oh, Chang Seok Kim, Yi‐Suk and Hwang, Young‐il 2012. Ancient‐to‐modern secular changes in Korean stature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 147, Issue. 3, p. 433.

Ebrahim, S. 2012. The lights went out .... International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 41, Issue. 5, p. 1213.

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan and Strulik, Holger 2015. The physiological foundations of the wealth of nations. Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 20, Issue. 1, p. 37.

McCormack, Matthew 2016. TALL HISTORIES: HEIGHT AND GEORGIAN MASCULINITIES. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 26, Issue. , p. 79.

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan and Strulik, Holger 2016. Physiology and Development: Why the West is Taller Than the Rest. The Economic Journal, Vol. 126, Issue. 598, p. 2292.

Galofré-Vilà, Gregori Hinde, Andrew and Meera Guntupalli, Aravinda 2018. Research in Economic History. Vol. 34, Issue. , p. 67.

Jaadla, Hannaliis Potter, Ellen Keibek, Sebastian and Davenport, Romola 2020. Infant and child mortality by socio‐economic status in early nineteenth‐century England †. The Economic History Review, Vol. 73, Issue. 4, p. 991.

Jaadla, Hannaliis Shaw-Taylor, Leigh and Davenport, Romola 2021. Height and health in late eighteenth-century England. Population Studies, Vol. 75, Issue. 3, p. 381.

Article contents

Making a long story short: a note on men's height and mortality in England from the first through the nineteenth centuries

Abstract

Save article to Kindle

Save article to Dropbox

Save article to Google Drive

Reply to: Submit a response

Your details

You have entered the maximum number of contributors

Conflicting interests