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Format: 1 online resource (300 pages)

ISBN: 9780804782852

Series Statement: Social Science History Ser.

Content: Measuring Up uses new research tools and an interdisciplinary approach to provide the most in-depth analysis to date of role that governmental policies played in shaping levels of poverty, malnutrition, and inequality in Mexico between 1850 and 1950.

Content: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Section 1. Institutions and Living Standards -- Chapter 1. The Ideas Behind the Making of Welfare Institutions -- Chapter 2. Welfare as Charity -- Chapter 3. Welfare as Public Policy -- Section 2. Anthropometric Evidence -- Chapter 1. The Measure of Well-Being and Growth: Why and How Do We Use Heights to Understand Living Standards? -- Chapter 2. The Tall or Short of It: Tracking Heights and Living Standards -- Section 3. The Synergies Between Health and Nutrition -- Chapter 1. Health and Nutrition: The History -- Chapter 2. Health and Nutrition: The Data Analysis -- Overview and Final Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780804773164

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804773164

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 9780804782852 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Social science history

Content: Tracing the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-twentieth century, this book provides a perspective on living standards in Mexico prior to the first measurement of income distribution in 1957. By offering an account of material living conditions and their repercussions on biological standards of living between 1850 and 1950, it sheds new light on the life of the marginalised during this period. It shows that new methodologies allow us to examine the history of individuals who were not integrated into the formal economy, and assesses how a large portion of the population was affected by piecemeal policies and flaws in the process of economic modernisation and growth.

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780804773164

Language: English

URL: Stanford scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8047-8285-7

Series Statement: Social science history

Content: Measuring Up traces the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-twentieth century. Using newly developed multidisciplinary techniques, the book provides a perspective on living standards in Mexico prior to the first measurement of income distribution in 1957. By offering an account of material living conditions and their repercussions on biological standards of living between 1850 and 1950, it sheds new light on the life of the marginalized during this period. Measuring Up shows that new methodologies allow us to examine the history of individuals who were not integrated into the formal economy. Using anthropometric history techniques, the book assesses how a large portion of the population was affected by piecemeal policies and flaws in the process of economic modernization and growth. It contributes to our understanding of the origins of poverty and inequality, and conveys a much-needed, long-term perspective on the living conditions of the Mexican working classes.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , contents -- , illustrations -- , acknowledgments -- , acronyms -- , Introduction -- , Chapter 1. The Ideas Behind the Making of Welfare Institutions -- , Chapter 2. Welfare as Charity -- , Chapter 3. Welfare as Public Policy -- , Chapter 1. The Measure of Well-Being and Growth -- , Chapter 2. The Tall or Short of It -- , Chapter 1. Health and Nutrition: The History -- , Chapter 2. Health and Nutrition: The Data Analysis -- , Overview and Final Conclusions -- , appendix -- , notes -- , bibliography -- , index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8047-7316-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780804782852

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8047-8285-7

Series Statement: Social science history

Content: Measuring Up traces the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-twentieth century. Using newly developed multidisciplinary techniques, the book provides a perspective on living standards in Mexico prior to the first measurement of income distribution in 1957. By offering an account of material living conditions and their repercussions on biological standards of living between 1850 and 1950, it sheds new light on the life of the marginalized during this period. Measuring Up shows that new methodologies allow us to examine the history of individuals who were not integrated into the formal economy. Using anthropometric history techniques, the book assesses how a large portion of the population was affected by piecemeal policies and flaws in the process of economic modernization and growth. It contributes to our understanding of the origins of poverty and inequality, and conveys a much-needed, long-term perspective on the living conditions of the Mexican working classes.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , contents -- , illustrations -- , acknowledgments -- , acronyms -- , Introduction -- , Chapter 1. The Ideas Behind the Making of Welfare Institutions -- , Chapter 2. Welfare as Charity -- , Chapter 3. Welfare as Public Policy -- , Chapter 1. The Measure of Well-Being and Growth -- , Chapter 2. The Tall or Short of It -- , Chapter 1. Health and Nutrition: The History -- , Chapter 2. Health and Nutrition: The Data Analysis -- , Overview and Final Conclusions -- , appendix -- , notes -- , bibliography -- , index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8047-7316-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780804782852