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1 online resource (478 pages) |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
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National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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| Contents |
Health and Welfare during Industrialization; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators; 2. Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States; 3. Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain,1700-1980; 4. Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden!; 5. Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990; 6. Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920; 7. Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 |
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8. Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Württemberg9. Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century; 10. Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940; 11. Conclusions; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
In this unique anthology, Steckel and Floud coordinate ten essays that bring a new perspective to inquiry about standard of living in modern times. These papers are arranged for international comparison, and they individually examine evidence of health and welfare during and after industrialization in eight countries: the United States, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia. The essays incorporate several indicators of quality of life, especially real per capita income and health, but also real wages, education, and inequality. And while the authors use tradit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Economic aspects
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Industrialization -- Health aspects
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Quality of life.
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Stature -- Economic aspects
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Quality of Life
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quality of life.
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Industrialization -- Health aspects
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Public health -- Economic aspects
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Quality of life
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Stature -- Economic aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Floud, Roderick
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| LC no. |
96038157 |
| ISBN |
9780226771595 |
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0226771598 |
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1281431117 |
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9781281431110 |
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9786611431112 |
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661143111X |
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