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'''Anthropometric history''' is the study of the history of human height and weight.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A history of the study of human growth|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstudyof0000tann|url-access=registration|last=Tanner|first=JM|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1981|isbn=9780521134026|oclc=755936888}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldeconomics.com/Journal/Papers/Measures%20of%20Progress%20and%20%20Other%20Tall%20Stories.details?ID=209|title=Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics - World Economics|last=Snowdon|first=Brian|date=2005|work=World Economics|access-date=2018-10-31|issue=2|volume=6|pages=87–136|language=en}}</ref> The concept was formulated in 1989 although it has historical roots.<ref>{{Cite book |last=KOMLOS |first=JOHN |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zv6wj |title=Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy: An Anthropometric History |date=1989 |publisher=Princeton University Press|jstor=j.ctt7zv6wj }}</ref> In the 1830s, Adolphe Quetelet and Louis R. Villermé studied the physical stature of populations.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mémoire sur la taille de l'homme en France. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale|last=Villermé|first=LR|year=1829|volume=1|pages=551–559}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Recherches sur la loi de croissance de l'homme. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale|last=Quetelet|first=A|year=1831|volume=6|pages=89–113}}</ref> In the 1960s, [[French historians]] analyzed the relationship between socio-economic variables and human height.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ladurie|first1=Emmanuel Le Roy|last2=Bernageau|first2=Nicole|last3=Pasquet|first3=Yvonne|date=1969|title=Le Conscrit et l'ordinateur: Perspectives de recherches sur les archives militaires du XIXe siècle francais.|journal=Studi Storici|volume=10|issue=2|pages=260–308|jstor=20562980}}</ref> Anthropometric history was established as field of study in the late 1970s when economic historians [[Robert Fogel]], [[John Komlos]],<ref>{{Cite journal |title= The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2122037 |journal= The Journal of Economic History|jstor=2122037 |last1=Komlos |first1=John |year=1987 |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=897–927 |doi=10.1017/S002205070004986X |s2cid=153508673 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Komlos |first=John |year=1998 |title=Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/shrinking-in-a-growing-economy-the-mystery-of-physical-stature-during-the-industrial-revolution/40F3D0A658DFBA41CE9CBDB1D9B75FEB |journal=The Journal of Economic History |language=en |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=779–802 |doi=10.1017/S0022050700021161 |s2cid=3557631 |issn=1471-6372}}</ref> [[Richard H. Steckel|Richard Steckel]] and other academics began to study the history of human physical stature and its relationship to economic development.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fogel|first1=Robert W.|last2=Engerman|first2=Stanley L.|last3=Trussell|first3=James|last4=Floud|first4=Roderick|last5=Pope|first5=Clayne L.|last6=Wimmer|first6=Larry T.|date=1978|title=The Economics of Mortality in North America, 1650–1910: A Description of a Research Project|journal=Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History|language=en|volume=11|issue=2|pages=75–108|doi=10.1080/01615440.1978.9955221|pmid=11614602|s2cid=33858967 |issn=0161-5440}}</ref> A branch of [[cliometrics]], it uses trends and cross-sectional patterns in human physical stature to understand historical processes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics |last=Snowdon|first=Brian|date=2005|work=World Economics|issue=2|volume=6|pages=87–136|language=en |url= https://ideas.repec.org/a/wej/wldecn/209.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Komlos |first=John |year=1987 |title=The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/height-and-weight-of-west-point-cadets-dietary-change-in-antebellum-america/16FF035B96821A3848F1A13E87741F61 |journal=The Journal of Economic History |language=en |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=897–927 |doi=10.1017/S002205070004986X |s2cid=153508673 |issn=1471-6372}}</ref>
'''Anthropometric history''' is the study of the history of human height and weight.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A history of the study of human growth|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstudyof0000tann|url-access=registration|last=Tanner|first=JM|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1981|isbn=9780521134026|oclc=755936888}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldeconomics.com/Journal/Papers/Measures%20of%20Progress%20and%20%20Other%20Tall%20Stories.details?ID=209|title=Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics - World Economics|last=Snowdon|first=Brian|date=2005|work=World Economics|access-date=2018-10-31|issue=2|volume=6|pages=87–136|language=en|archive-date=2018-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031215045/https://www.worldeconomics.com/Journal/Papers/Measures%20of%20Progress%20and%20%20Other%20Tall%20Stories.details?ID=209|url-status=dead}}</ref> The concept was formulated in 1989 although it has historical roots.<ref>{{Cite book |last=KOMLOS |first=JOHN |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zv6wj |title=Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy: An Anthropometric History |date=1989 |publisher=Princeton University Press|jstor=j.ctt7zv6wj }}</ref> In the 1830s, Adolphe Quetelet and Louis R. Villermé studied the physical stature of populations.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mémoire sur la taille de l'homme en France. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale|last=Villermé|first=LR|year=1829|volume=1|pages=551–559}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Recherches sur la loi de croissance de l'homme. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale|last=Quetelet|first=A|year=1831|volume=6|pages=89–113}}</ref> In the 1960s, [[French historians]] analyzed the relationship between socio-economic variables and human height.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ladurie|first1=Emmanuel Le Roy|last2=Bernageau|first2=Nicole|last3=Pasquet|first3=Yvonne|date=1969|title=Le Conscrit et l'ordinateur: Perspectives de recherches sur les archives militaires du XIXe siècle francais.|journal=Studi Storici|volume=10|issue=2|pages=260–308|jstor=20562980}}</ref> Anthropometric history was established as field of study in the late 1970s when economic historians [[Robert Fogel]], [[John Komlos]],<ref>{{Cite journal |title= The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2122037 |journal= The Journal of Economic History|jstor=2122037 |last1=Komlos |first1=John |year=1987 |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=897–927 |doi=10.1017/S002205070004986X |s2cid=153508673 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Komlos |first=John |year=1998 |title=Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/shrinking-in-a-growing-economy-the-mystery-of-physical-stature-during-the-industrial-revolution/40F3D0A658DFBA41CE9CBDB1D9B75FEB |journal=The Journal of Economic History |language=en |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=779–802 |doi=10.1017/S0022050700021161 |s2cid=3557631 |issn=1471-6372}}</ref> [[Richard H. Steckel|Richard Steckel]] and other academics began to study the history of human physical stature and its relationship to economic development.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fogel|first1=Robert W.|last2=Engerman|first2=Stanley L.|last3=Trussell|first3=James|last4=Floud|first4=Roderick|last5=Pope|first5=Clayne L.|last6=Wimmer|first6=Larry T.|date=1978|title=The Economics of Mortality in North America, 1650–1910: A Description of a Research Project|journal=Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History|language=en|volume=11|issue=2|pages=75–108|doi=10.1080/01615440.1978.9955221|pmid=11614602|s2cid=33858967 |issn=0161-5440}}</ref> A branch of [[cliometrics]], it uses trends and cross-sectional patterns in human physical stature to understand historical processes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics |last=Snowdon|first=Brian|date=2005|work=World Economics|issue=2|volume=6|pages=87–136|language=en |url= https://ideas.repec.org/a/wej/wldecn/209.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Komlos |first=John |year=1987 |title=The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/height-and-weight-of-west-point-cadets-dietary-change-in-antebellum-america/16FF035B96821A3848F1A13E87741F61 |journal=The Journal of Economic History |language=en |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=897–927 |doi=10.1017/S002205070004986X |s2cid=153508673 |issn=1471-6372}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Not to be confused with History of anthropometry.

Anthropometric history is the study of the history of human height and weight.[1][2] The concept was formulated in 1989 although it has historical roots.[3] In the 1830s, Adolphe Quetelet and Louis R. Villermé studied the physical stature of populations.[4][5] In the 1960s, French historians analyzed the relationship between socio-economic variables and human height.[6] Anthropometric history was established as field of study in the late 1970s when economic historians Robert Fogel, John Komlos,[7][8] Richard Steckel and other academics began to study the history of human physical stature and its relationship to economic development.[9] A branch of cliometrics, it uses trends and cross-sectional patterns in human physical stature to understand historical processes.[10][11]

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References

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  1. ^ Tanner, JM (1981). A history of the study of human growth. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521134026. OCLC 755936888.
  2. ^ Snowdon, Brian (2005). "Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics - World Economics". World Economics. Vol. 6, no. 2. pp. 87–136. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. ^ KOMLOS, JOHN (1989). Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy: An Anthropometric History. Princeton University Press. JSTOR j.ctt7zv6wj.
  4. ^ Villermé, LR (1829). Mémoire sur la taille de l'homme en France. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale. Vol. 1. pp. 551–559.
  5. ^ Quetelet, A (1831). Recherches sur la loi de croissance de l'homme. Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médicine Légale. Vol. 6. pp. 89–113.
  6. ^ Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy; Bernageau, Nicole; Pasquet, Yvonne (1969). "Le Conscrit et l'ordinateur: Perspectives de recherches sur les archives militaires du XIXe siècle francais". Studi Storici. 10 (2): 260–308. JSTOR 20562980.
  7. ^ Komlos, John (1987). "The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America". The Journal of Economic History. 47 (4): 897–927. doi:10.1017/S002205070004986X. JSTOR 2122037. S2CID 153508673.
  8. ^ Komlos, John (1998). "Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution". The Journal of Economic History. 58 (3): 779–802. doi:10.1017/S0022050700021161. ISSN 1471-6372. S2CID 3557631.
  9. ^ Fogel, Robert W.; Engerman, Stanley L.; Trussell, James; Floud, Roderick; Pope, Clayne L.; Wimmer, Larry T. (1978). "The Economics of Mortality in North America, 1650–1910: A Description of a Research Project". Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 11 (2): 75–108. doi:10.1080/01615440.1978.9955221. ISSN 0161-5440. PMID 11614602. S2CID 33858967.
  10. ^ Snowdon, Brian (2005). "Measures of Progress and Other Tall Stories: From income to anthropometrics". World Economics. Vol. 6, no. 2. pp. 87–136.
  11. ^ Komlos, John (1987). "The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America". The Journal of Economic History. 47 (4): 897–927. doi:10.1017/S002205070004986X. ISSN 1471-6372. S2CID 153508673.
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