Health and Welfare during Industrialization

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud.
1: The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators
Stanley L. Engerman
2: Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States
Dora L. Costa, Richard H. Steckel.
3: Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980
Roderick Floud, Bernard Harris.
4: Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden!
Lars G. Sandberg, Richard H. Steckel.
5: Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990
David R. Weir
6: Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920
Paul Johnson, Stephen Nicholas.
7: Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940
Gail Honda
8: Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Wurttemberg
Sophia Twarog
9: Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century
J. W. Drukker, Vincent Tassenaar.
10: Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940
Greg Whitwell, Christine de Souza, Stephen Nicholas.
11: Conclusions
Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud.
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index