Size matters
Subtitle: how height affects the health, happiness, and success of boys--and the men they become
By: Stephen S. Hall.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780618470402
Subjects: Stature, Short -- Psychological aspects; Stature, Short -- Social aspects; Human growth; Body image in men; Body image; Puberty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Chunky"; title: "Longitude" and "pondus absolutum"; title: A brief interruption for a bicycle accident; title: The invention of childhood; title: The bully inside me; title: Runts, sneaks, and dominators; title: "To grow hairy"; title: Belittled; title: The Prussian curse; title: Timing is everything; title: "Man in his perfection"; title: The emperor's new medicine cabinet; title: College and beyond; title: The tallest people on earth; title: Final height.