Height, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the hi...

This fascinating and groundbreaking book by an eminent team of scholars provides an accessible in...

Machine tools are vital to our industrial, metal-using society. This book is the first history of...

The inspiration for this book comes from the words of Adam Smith: `Consumption is the sole end of...

2nd edition. Covers the period 1700-1870.

2nd edition of this leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialisation.

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization....

Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever b...

Height, Health and History provides an invigorating statistical edge to many debates about the hi...

This volume of historical essays explores the full ramifications of the beginnings and developmen...

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization....

Many statements made by historians are quantitative statements, involving the use of measurable h...