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Acknowledgments Introduction Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud. 1: The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators Stanley L. Engerman 2: Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States Dora L. Costa, Richard H. Steckel. 3: Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 Roderick Floud, Bernard Harris. 4: Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden! Lars G. Sandberg, Richard H. Steckel. 5: Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990 David R. Weir 6: Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 Paul Johnson, Stephen Nicholas. 7: Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 Gail Honda 8: Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Wurttemberg Sophia Twarog 9: Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century J. W. Drukker, Vincent Tassenaar. 10: Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940 Greg Whitwell, Christine de Souza, Stephen Nicholas. 11: Conclusions Richard H. Steckel, Roderick Floud. Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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