Carolina QuotesThe importance of anthropometric history is accentuated by the debate over the course of the material standard of living during the early phases of the industrial revolution, when food consumption still accounted for as much as three-fourths of total income among the laboring classes, even in the most advanced European societies.
John Komlos Connected to the Carolinas
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- On the Significance of Anthropometric History (1994)
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- 1994
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