Since 1995 approximately 325 publications on stature have appeared in the social sciences,
which is more than a four-fold increase in the rate of production relative to the period 1977 …

In the long‐running debate over standards of living during the industrial revolution,
pessimists have identified deteriorating health conditions in towns as undermining the …

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

This book brings together a number of previously published articles by Stanley L. Engerman
and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Its essays deal with differences in the rates of economic growth in …

Abstract Background In Western countries mortality dropped throughout the 20th century, but
over and above the long-term falling trend, the death rate has oscillated over time. It has …

Our nation began with the simple phrase,“We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who
were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity in character between the we …

Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History offers a framework for
understanding globalization over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports …

We analyze the proximate determinants of the biological standard of living from a global
perspective, namely high-quality nutrition and the disease environment during the …

Health progress, as measured by the decline in mortality rates and the increase in life
expectancy, is usually conceived as related to economic growth, especially in the long run …

How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in
1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country …