Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy : : An Anthropometric History /

Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy : : An Anthropometric History / / John Komlos.

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John Komlos examines the industrial expansion of Austria from a fresh viewpoint and develops a new model for the industrial revolution. By integrating recent advances in the study of human biology and nutrition as they relate to physical stature, population growth, and levels of economic development...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Komlos, John,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1989
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1010
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE "AUSTRIAN" MODEL
  • 1. The Theory of Anthropometric History
  • 2. Human Stature in East-Central Europe: The Eighteenth Century
  • 3. Institutional Change under Pressure: Government Policy in an Enlightened Despotism
  • 4. Conclusion
  • EXTENSIONS
  • 5. The "Austrian" Model and the Industrial Revolution in England
  • 6. Pre-industrial Economic Growth: A Generahzation of the "Austrian" Model
  • APPENDIX A. RECRUITING PRACTICES OF THE HABSBURG ARMY
  • APPENDIX B. SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES AND FIGURES
  • APPENDIX C. A SIMULATION OF THE «AUSTRIAN" MODEL OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (WITH MARC ARTZROUNI)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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