Weighty Matters: Anthropometrics, Gender and Health Inequality in History

Deborah Oxley

Deborah Oxley es profsora en la facultad de Historia de la Universidad de Oxford.

Weighty Matters: Anthropometrics, Gender and Health Inequality in History, Tawney memorial Lecture 2013. Economic History Society (podcast)

Fecha: 24 Julio 2013

Duración: 70:30

Descripción:

Deborah Oxley examines health and gender inequality in Britain’s industrial revolution. She shows how human stature, weight and body mass were shaped by the economy, and in turn shaped history.