Measuring up a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950
Title:
Measuring up a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950
Author:
López-Alonso, Moramay, author.
ISBN:
9780804782852
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Publication Information:
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) ill.
Series:
Social science history
Social science history.
Contents:
The ideas behind the making of welfare institutions -- Welfare as charity? -- Welfare as public policy -- The measure of well-being : why and how do we use heights to understand living standards? -- The tall or short of it : tracking heights and living standards -- Health and nutrition : the history -- Health and nutrition : the data analysis -- Overview and final conclusions.
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Electronic Access:
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