Health and welfare during industrialization:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press 1997
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research project report
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The standard of living debate in international perspective: measures and indicators -- Long-term trends in health, welfare, and economic growth in the United States -- Health, height, and welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 -- Was industrialization hazardous to your health? Not in Sweden! -- Economic welfare and physical well-being in France, 1750-1990 -- Health and welfare of women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 -- Differential structure, differential health: industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 -- Heights and living standards in Germany, 1850-1939: the case of Württemberg -- Paradoxes of modernization and material well-being in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century -- Height, health, and economic growth in Australia, 1860-1940 -- Conclusions
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
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ISBN:9780226771595
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