Abstract
Introduction: historical anthropometrics - theory, method, and the state of the field, Timothy Cuff. Part 1 Europe: the Irish famine and intergenerational influences on weight at birth - two case studies, W. Peter Ward beyond Villerme and Quetelet - the quantitative relation between sex- and age-specific height and real per-capita income, J.W. Drukker diet, health and stature of the Russian population from the mid-19th to the beginning of the 20th century, Boris N. Mirinov heights and welfare in Spain 1900-1936, V. Perez-Moreda. Part 2 North America: heights of early American seafarers 1812-1815, Ira Dye a new anthropometric look at the status of women and children in Oneida community 1848-1881, John E. Murray heights, nutrition and per-capita income - Canada 1870-1915, Trevor Dick the heights of Americans in three centuries - some economic and demographic implications, Kenneth Sokoloff. Part 3 Asia: an inventory of secular changes in human growth in Indonesia, Pierre van der Eng. Part 4 Conclusion: anthropometric history and economic history, Stephen Nicholas.
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