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Author:   Robert C. Allen (Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford) ,  Tommy Bengtsson (Professor of Demography and Economic History, Lund University) ,  Martin Dribe (Associate Professor of Economic History, Lund University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.889kg
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9780199280681

ISBN 10:   0199280681
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   24 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Kenneth Pomeranz: Standards of living in 18th century China: Regional differences, temporal trends and incomplete evidence 2: Li Bozhong: Farm labour productivity in Jiangnan, 1620-1850 3: Osamu Saito: Wages, inequality and pre-industrial growth in Japan, 1727-1894 4: Prasannan Parthasarathi: Agriculture, labour, and the standard of living in 18th century India 5: Robert C. Allen: Real wages in Europe and Asia: A first look at the long-term patterns 6: P. Hoffman, D. Jacks, P. Levin and P. Lindert: Sketching the rise of real inequality in early modern europe 7: Jan Luiten van Zanden: What happened to the standard of living before the industrial revolution? New evidence from the western part of the Netherlands 8: Jaime Reis: Economic growth, human capital formation and consumption in western Europe before 1800 9: Richard Steckel: Health and nutrition in the pre-industrial era: Insights from a millenium of average heights in northern Europe 10: Boris Mironov: The burden of grandeur: Physical and economic well-being of the Russian population in the 18th century 11: E. Hammel and A. Gullickson: Mental mortality as an indicator of the standard of living in 18th and 19th century Slavonia 12: Hans Christian Johansen: The standard of living in Denmark in the 18th and early 19th centuries 13: M. Breschi, A. Fornasin, and G. Gonano: Short-term demographic changes in relation to economic fluctuations: The case of Tuscany during pre-transitional period 14: T. Bengtsson and M. Dribe: New evidence on the standard of living in Sweden during the 18th and 19th centuries: Long-term development of the demographic response to short-term economic stress 15: M. Oris, G. Alter and M. Neven: Individuals and communities facing economic stress: A comparison of two rural areas in 19th century Belgium 16: C. Campbell and J. Lee: Living standards in Liaoing, 1749-1909: Evidence from demographic outcomes 17: N.Tsuya and S. Kurosu: Demographic responses to short-term economic stress in the 18th and 19th century rural Japan: Evidence from two northeastern villages

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If you are interested in human welfare, you will enjoy this book. Accessible in style, ranging broadly over space and time, innovative in method,'living standards in the past' brings together works by some of the foremost practitioners in the field. Continuity and Change

If you are interested in human welfare, you will enjoy this book. Accessible in style, ranging broadly over space and time, innovative in method,'living standards in the past' brings together works by some of the foremost practitioners in the field. Continuity and change

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Robert Allen is Professor of Economic History at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College. He received his doctorate from Harvard University. He has written extensively on English agricultural history, international competition in the steel industry, the extinction of whales, the global history of wages and prices, and contemporary policies on education. His articles have won the Cole Prize, the Redlich Prize, and the Explorations Prize. His books include Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450-1850, which was awarded the Ranki Prize by the Economic History Association, and, most recently, Farm to Factory: A Re-interpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution. Professor Allen is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Canada. Tommy Bengtsson, Professor of Demography and Economic History at Lund University, works in both historical and contemporary economic demography. He has served in leading positions in Swedish and international organisations and is currently Chair of the IUSSP Committee on Historical Demography and Series Co-editor of the Eurasian Population and Family History Series. Martin Dribe is Associate Professor of Economic History at Lund University.

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