Human capital and institutions:a long run view
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | ix, 342 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521769587 (hardback) 0521769582 (hardback) |
Index Number: | F240 |
CLC: | F240 |
Call Number: | F240/H918-3 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Biotechnology and the burden of age-related diseases / Robert W. Fogel -- Extending the reach of anthropometric history to the distant past / Richard H. Steckel -- Insecurity, safety nets, and self-help in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / George R. Boyer -- The evolution of schooling in the Americas, 1800-1925 / Stanley L. Engerman, Elisa V. Mariscal, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Why the United States led in education . |