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.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804773164
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804773164
Language:
English
Keywords:
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