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Measuring up : a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950

Title
Measuring up : a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950 / Moramay López-Alonso.
Author
López-Alonso, Moramay
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]

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Description
xvii, 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Social science history
Uniform Title
Social science history.
Subject
  • Cost and standard of living > Mexico > History
  • Stature > Mexico > History
  • Diet > Mexico > History
  • Public health > Mexico > History
  • Public welfare > Mexico > History
  • Poverty > Mexico > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
Contents
Section 1. Institution and living standards. The ideas behind the making of welfare institutions ; Welfare as charity? ; Welfare as public policy -- Section 2. Anthropometric evidence. The measure of well-being : why and how do we use heights to understand living standards? ; The tall or short of it : tracking heights and living standards -- Section 3. The synergies between health and nutrition. Health and nutrition : the history ; Health and nutrition : the data analysis ; Overview and final conclusions.
Call Number
JBE 13-287
ISBN
  • 9780804773164 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804773165 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012010625
OCLC
782127532
Author
López-Alonso, Moramay, author.
Title
Measuring up : a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950 / Moramay López-Alonso.
Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Social science history
Social science history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 13-287
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