Health and historical demography

Bernard Harris

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Abstract

This chapter explores the relevance of work in anthropometric history and the history of sickness to the study of historical demography. The book in which it appears has been commissioned by the Europeam Society for Historical Demography in advance of its second conference.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUpside and down and inside out
Subtitle of host publicationThe Future of Historical Demography
EditorsKoen Matthijs, Saskia Hin, Jan Kok, Hideko Matsuo
Place of PublicationLeuven
Pages67-69
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sep 2016

Keywords

  • height
  • health
  • sickness
  • historical demgraphy

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    Also, we are happy to announce that we were able to buy the rights to distribute the entire volume freely online after a short period of embargo which ends sometime this winter (exact date to be determined, depending on the official publication date of the printed volume). We kindly ask you not to distribute your contribution until this embargo has been lifted. We will in due course send you a notice about the exact timing of the lifting of the embargo. Many thanks for your cooperation! (Saskia Hin, on behalf of the volume editors)

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    Harris, B. (2016). Health and historical demography. In K. Matthijs, S. Hin, J. Kok, & H. Matsuo (Eds.), Upside and down and inside out: The Future of Historical Demography (pp. 67-69).