Health and Welfare during Industrialization
Richard H. Steckel and Roderick Floud, Eds.
Published in January 1997 by University of Chicago Press
© 1997 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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466 pages
ISBN: 0-226-77156-3
Table of Contents
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Front matter "Health and Welfare during Industrialization":
Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud
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Introduction:
Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud
(p. 1 - 16)
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The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators:
Stanley L. Engerman
(p. 17 - 46)
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Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States:
Dora Costa, Richard H. Steckel
(p. 47 - 90)
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Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980:
Roderick Floud, Bernard Harris
(p. 91 - 126)
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Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden!:
Lars Sandberg, Richard H. Steckel
(p. 127 - 160)
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Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990:
David Weir
(p. 161 - 200)
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Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920:
Paul Johnson, Stephen Nicholas
(p. 201 - 250)
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Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940:
Gail Honda
(p. 251 - 284)
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Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Wurttemberg :
Sophia Twarog
(p. 285 - 330)
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Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century :
J. W. Drukker, Vincent Tassenaar
(p. 331 - 378)
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Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940:
Whitwell, Christine de Souza, Stephen Nicholas
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Conclusions:
Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud
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Contributors:
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Author Index:
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Subject Index:
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