The stupendous rise in Western living standards from the late-nineteenth century can be read off the stature of populations over time. As late as 1850, Chinese people were taller than Britons. More significantly, Anglo-Saxons in settler colonies were taller than Britons well into the twentieth century. Britons became taller than Americans for the first time only in 1930. We have seen how
The Incredible Shrinking European, 1450-1850
The Incredible Shrinking European, 1450-1850
The Incredible Shrinking European, 1450-1850
The stupendous rise in Western living standards from the late-nineteenth century can be read off the stature of populations over time. As late as 1850, Chinese people were taller than Britons. More significantly, Anglo-Saxons in settler colonies were taller than Britons well into the twentieth century. Britons became taller than Americans for the first time only in 1930. We have seen how