Anthropometric trends in Southern China, 1830-1864

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-226

  Baten, Joerg ^a   Hira, Sandew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Economic development; Heights; Human welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349129599     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2008.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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