Human capital and institutions:a long run view

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Eltis David 1940-; Lewis Frank 1947-; Sokoloff Kenneth Lee
Published: Cambridge University Press,
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 .