Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators 17
6. 2. Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States 47
7. 3. Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 91
8. 4. Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden! 127
9. 5. Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990 161
10. 6. Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 201
11. 7. Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 251
12. 8. Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Württemberg 285
13. 9. Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century 331
14. 10. Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940 379
15. 11. Conclusions 423
16. Contributors 451
17. Author Index 453
18. Subject Index 461