Height and Social Status in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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Abstract

Examines the height of German youth in the late eighteenth century, and documents the very large differences in height between the lower and upper classes. Shows that the height of the upper class did not decline at the end of the 18th century as did that of the common men.

Keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
GERMANY EXAMINES
LATE EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY GERMANY
SOCIAL STATUS
UPPER CLASSES
HEIGHT
YOUTH

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