Stature and Nutrition in the Habsburg Monarchy
The Standard of Living and Economic Development in the Eighteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5812450 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Komlos (0000-0001-5254-5625, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1149-1149 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1859662 |
| PMID | 11621446 |
| OpenAlex | W2323873218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 100 |
issue. The debate has been particularly heated in Great Britain: the optimists have argued forcefully that the Industrial Revolution caused a rise in real income and an increase in the standard of living; the pessimists, while conceding the long-term benefits of industrialization, have argued with equal fervor that at least for one or two generations it lowered workers' standard of living.' So conceived, the controversy is difficult to resolve,2 not only because of the shortage of vital economic indicators but also because of myriad problems posed by the psycho
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Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
| Unique citing works | 100 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2025 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 94 |