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| dc.contributor.author | Mokyr, Joel | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ó Gráda, Cormac | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-07-23T14:01:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-07-23T14:01:42Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | Copyright 1996 Academic Press, Inc. | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Explorations in Economic History | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0014-4983 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/380 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes the records of over 85,000 recruits from the British Isles serving in the East India Army between 1802 and 1860. It computes average heights corrected for age, occupational status, and place of origin. The main finding is that the height data provide no support for a rise in nutritional status between 1815 and 1860, and it confirms that Ireland and Scotland enjoyed somewhat better nutritional status before 1860, although the advantage of the Celtic fringe seems to decline over time. The results suggest that extreme caution should be employed in making inferences from anthropometric data regarding living standards. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation, Grant SES 850004. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 4304 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Science | en |
| dc.relation.isversionof | O Gráda, C. and Mokyr, J. (1994) 'Height and Health in the United Kingdom 1815–1860 : Evidence from the East India Company Army'. In: Komlos, J. (ed.). Stature, Living Standards, and Economic Development: Essays in Anthropometric History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Stature--British Isles--History | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Soldiers--British Isles--Statistics | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Soldiers--Anthropometry | en |
| dc.title | Height and health in the United Kingdom 1815–1860 : evidence from the East India Company Army | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.internal.authorurl | Cormac Ó Gráda (web page) | en |
| dc.internal.authorurl | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pog2.html | en |
| dc.internal.authorcontactother | Email: cormac.ograda@ucd.ie; Tel: +353 1 7168305 | en |
| dc.internal.authorid | UCD0018 | en |
| dc.internal.availability | Full text not available | en |
| dc.internal.webversions | Publisher's version | en |
| dc.internal.webversions | http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.1996.0007 | en |
| dc.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.identifier.volume | 33 | en |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 141 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 168 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1006/exeh.1996.0007 | |
| dc.neeo.contributor | Ó Gráda|Cormac|aut|UCD0018 | |
| dc.neeo.contributor | Mokyr|Joel|aut| |
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