Human capital and institutions : a long run view / edited by David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis, Kenneth L. Sokoloff.

Other author Eltis, David, 1940-
Other author Lewis, Frank, 1947-
Other author Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionix, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Biotechnology and the burden of age-related diseases / Robert W. Fogel -- Extending the reach of anthropometric history to the distant past / Richard H. Steckel -- Insecurity, safety nets, and self-help in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / George R. Boyer -- The evolution of schooling in the Americas, 1800-1925 / Stanley L. Engerman, Elisa V. Mariscal, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Why the United States led in education : lessons from secondary school expansion, 1910 to 1940 / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- The production of engineers in New York colleges and universities, 1800-1950 : some new data / Michael Edelstein -- Young geniuses and old masters : the life cycles of great artists from Masaccio to Jasper Johns / David W. Galenson and Robert Jensen -- An elite minority : Jews among the richest 400 Americans / Peter Temin -- Suffrage and the terms of labor / Robert J. Steinfeld -- Prodigals and projectors : an economic history of usury laws in the United States from colonial times to 1900 / Hugh Rockoff.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009020208
ISBN9780521769587 (hardback)
ISBN0521769582 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HD4904.7 .H8583 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold