Looking backward and looking forward: Anthropometric research and the development of social science history

Social Science History

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-210

  Komlos, John ^a   Baten, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 3042711542     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-28-2-191     Document Type: Article

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