- Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : illustrations.
- Series Statement
- Social science history
- Uniform Title
- Measuring up (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Measuring up (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The ideas behind the making of welfare institutions -- Welfare as charity? -- Welfare as public policy -- 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 -- Health and nutrition : the history -- Health and nutrition : the data analysis -- Overview and final conclusions.
- LCCN
- 2012010625
- OCLC
- ssj0000741441
- Author
López-Alonso, Moramay.
- Title
Measuring up [electronic resource] : a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950 / Moramay López-Alonso.
- Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
- Series
Social science history
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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