European heights in the early 18th century

Vierteljahrschrift fur Sozial und Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Komlos, John ^a   Cinnirella, Francesco ^a  

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1. James M. Tanner: A History of the Study of Human Growth. Cambridge 1981.
2. Louis R. Villermé: Mémoire sur la Taille De l'homme en France, in: Annales d'hygiène publique et De Médecine légale 1 (1829), pp. 351-396;
3. Adolphe M. Quetelet: Recherches sur la loi De croissance De l'homme, in: Annales d'Hygiène Publique et De Médecine Légale 6 (1831), pp. 89-113.
4. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie/Nicole Bernageau/Yvonne Pasquet: Le conscrit et l'ordinateur. Perspectives De recherches sur les archives militaires du XIXe siècle français, in: Studi Storici 10 (1969), pp. 260-308.
5. John Komlos: Über die Bedeutung Der Anthropometrischen Geschichte, in: Historical Social Research 18 (1993), pp. 4-21;
6. John Komlos: Biologischer Lebensstandard und 'Modern Economic Growth'. Ein Überblick, in: Jörg Baten/Markus Denzel (Ed.): Wirtschaftsstruktur und Ernährungslage, 1770-1870. St. Katharinen 1997, pp. 79-93;
7. Richard Steckel: Stature and the Standard of Living, in: Journal of Economic Literature 33 (1995), pp. 1903-1940.
8. For an overview see Timothy Cuff: The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania. Aldershot/Hants 2005;
9. John Komlos/Jörg Baten: Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Anthropometric Research and the Development of Social Science History, in: Social Science History 28 (2004), pp. 191-210.
10. John Komlos/Michel Hau/Nicolas Bourguinat: An Anthropometric History of Early-Modem France, 1666-1766, in: European Review of Economic History 7 (2003), pp. 159-189.
11. Ibidem; Richard Steckel: The Remarkably Tall Stature of Northern European Men during the Medieval Era, in: Social Science History 28 (2004), pp. 211-230.
12. John Komlos: On the Biological Standard of Living of Eighteenth-Century Americans: Taller, Richer, Healthier, in: Research in Economic History 20 (2001), pp. 223-248.
13. This is even true for slaves: John Komlos: The Stature of Runaway Slaves in Colonial America, in: John Komlos (Ed.): Stature, Living Standards, and Economic Development: Essays in Anthropometric History. Chicago 1994, pp. 93-116.
14. th century. John Komlos/Marielouise Baur: From the Tallest to (One of) the Fattest: The Enigmatic Fate of the Size of the American Population in the Twentieth Century, in: Economics and Human Biology 2 (2004), pp. 57-74.
15. John Komlos: Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution, in: Journal of Economic History 58 (1998), pp. 779-802.
16. Ibidem; Brian A'Hearn: Anthropometric Evidence on Living Standards in Northern Italy, 1730-1860, in: Journal of Economic History 63 (2003), pp. 351-381;
17. Jörg Baten: Der Einfluss Von regionalen Wirtschafts-strukturen auf Den biologischen Lebensstandard, in: VSWG 83 (1996), pp. 180-213;
18. Jörg Baten: Besitzverteilung und biologischer Lebensstandard im Bayern des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts, in: Baten/Denzel (Ed.): Wirtschaftsstruktur und Ernährungslage (see n. 4), pp. 94-107;
19. Jörg Baten: Ernährung und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Bayern, 1790-1880. Stuttgart 1998
20. Klaus Schuster: Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Sozial-struktur und biologischer Lebensstandard in München und dem südlichen Bayern im 19. Jahrhundert. St. Katharinen 2005;
21. Jörg Baten/John Murray: Heights of Men and Women in Nineteenth Century Bavaria. Economic, Nutritional, and Disease Influences, in: Explorations in Economic History 37 (2000), pp. 351-369;
22. Jörg Baten: Economic Development and the Distribution of Nutritional Resources in Bavaria, 1797-1839, in: Journal of Income Distribution 9 (2000), pp. 89-106;
23. Jörg Baten: Climate, Grain Production and Nutritional Status in Southern Germany during the XVIIIth Century, in: Journal of European Economic History 30 (2001), pp. 9-47;
24. Markus Heintel/LarsSandberg/Richard H. Steckel: Swedish Historical Heights Revisited. New Estimation Techniques and Results, in: John Komlos/Jörg Baten (Ed.): The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspectives: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Munich January 18-23, 1997. Stuttgart 1998, pp. 449-458;
25. John Komlos: The Secular Trend in the Biological Standard of Living in the United Kingdom, 1730-1860, in: Economic History Review 46 (1993), pp. 115-144; Komlos/Baten: Looking Backward (see n. 5).
26. However, the height of the upper classes did not decline. John Komlos: Körpergröße und soziale Stellung Von Schülern Der Hohen Karlsschule im 18. Jahrhundert, in: Scripta Mercaturae 30 (1996), pp. 95-120.
27. John Komlos: On the Nature of the Malthusian Threat in the Eighteenth Century, in: Economic History Review 52 (1999), pp. 730-748.
28. John Komlos: Ein Überblick Der Konzeptionen Der Industriellen Revolution, in: VSWG 84 (1997), pp. 461-511.
29. John Komlos: How to (and How Not to) Analyze Deficient Height Samples: an Introduction, in: Historical Methods 37 (2004), pp. 160-173.
30. The following sources were used available on CDs from the CDs Genealogical Publishing Company: Connecticut Military Records: Soldiers and Officers: http://www.genealogical.com/item-detail http://genealogical.com/item- detail. asp?afid=&ID=7120; Maryland Settlers and Soldiers (ID no. 7521); New York in the Colonial Wars, the Revolution and the War of 1812 (ID no. 7143): Virginia Military Records: Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812 (ID no. 7121): as well the original documents in the Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Germany. Musterlisten pertaining to the Saxon army.
31. Komlos: The Secular Trend (see n. 10).
32. Komlos: How to (and How Not to) (see n. 16).
33. A'Hearn: A Restricted Maximum Likelihood (see n. 16); Jörg Baten/Markus Heintel: Zum Problem Der Verteilung mit Shortfall bei Der Nutzung des Indikators "Durchschnittliche Körpergröße", in: Historical Social Research 20 (1995), pp. 135-154;
34. Markus Heintel: Über einige statistische Probleme und Möglichkeiten Der anthropometrischen Geschichte, in: Baten/Denzel (Ed.): Wirtschaftsstruktur und Ernährungslage (see n. 4), pp. 108-130.
35. E. Anthony Wrigley et al.: English Population History from Family Reconstitution 1580-1837. Cambridge 1997, Chapter 8, Table A9.1. For the whole period after 1536 there was only one quinquennium during which the crude death rate was above this level.
36. E. H. Phelps Brown/S. V. Hopkins: Seven Centuries of Prices of Consumables Compared with Builders' Wages Rates, in: E. M. Carus Wilson (Ed.): Essays in Economic History, Vol. 2. London 1962, pp. 179-196.
37. John Komlos: Stature and Nutrition in the Habsburg Monarchy: The Standard of Living and Economic Development, in: American Historical Review 90 (1985), pp. 1149-1161;
38. John Komlos: The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America, in: Journal of Economic History 47 (1987), pp. 897-927;
39. John Komlos: Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy: An Anthropometric History. Princeton 1989.
40. Stephen Nicholas/Richard H. Steckel: Heights and Living Standards of English Workers during the Early Years of Industrialization, 1770-1815, in: Journal of Economic History 51 (1991), pp. 937-957, here Table 4.
41. Joel Mokyr/Cormac O'Grada: Height and Health in the United Kingdom, 1815-1860: Evidence from the East India Company Army, in: Explorations in Economic History 33 (1996), pp. 141-168, here Table 5;
42. Stephen Nicholas/Deborah Oxley: The Living Standards of Women during the Industrial Revolution 1795-1820, in: Economic History Review 46 (1993), pp. 723-749;
43. Roderick Floud/Kenneth Wachter/Annabel Gregory: Height, Health and History. Cambridge 1990, p. 201;
44. Komlos: A Malthusian Episode Revisited (see n. 12), Figure 6.
45. Komlos/Hau/Bourguinat: An Anthropometric History (see n. 6).
46. Komlos: On the Nature of the Malthusian Threat (seen. 13), Table 4.
47. Nicholas/Steckel: Heights and Living Standards (see n. 25).
48. L. D. Schwarz: The Standard of Living in the Long Run: London, 1700-1860, in: Economic History Review 38 (1985), pp. 24-41.