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Living Standards in Latin American History: Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750–2000

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Description for Living Standards in Latin American History: Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750–2000 Paperback. Latin America's widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. This title brings together some of the most important results of this work to measure and explain changes in Latin American living standards as far back as the colonial era. Editor(s): Salvatore, Ricardo; Coatsworth, John H.; Challu, Amilcar E. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSC; KCB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.

Latin America’s widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. Until recently, economic historians could not contribute much to the discussion of living standards and inequality, because quantitative evidence for earlier eras was lacking. Since the 1990s, historians, economists, and other social scientists have sought to document and analyze the historical roots of Latin America’s relatively high inequality and persistent poverty.

This edited volume with eight compelling chapters by preeminent economists and social scientists brings together some of the most important results of this work: scholarly efforts to measure and explain changes in Latin American living ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Series on Latin American Studies
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674055858
SKU
V9780674055858
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About Ricardo Salvatore
Ricardo D. Salvatore is Professor of Modern History at Universidad Torcuato di Tella Buenos Aires. John H. Coatsworth is Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and former Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Amílcar E. Challú is Associate Professor of History at Bowling Green State University.

Reviews for Living Standards in Latin American History: Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750–2000
The average heights of most human populations are highly correlated with childhood nutrition. Building on this insight, a fascinating new field of study, anthropometric history, is demonstrating that extreme economic inequalities are reflected in the differing physical statures of social classes. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, for example, well-fed European aristocrats towered over their undernourished peasants. This volume reveals ... Read more

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