Book Reviews: By subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology
- An Affluent Society? Britain's Postwar Golden Age Revisited
- by Lawrence Black and Hugh Pemberton (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Clapson on April 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
- by Alexander J. Field
- reviewed by Rick Szostak on June 13, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition, and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
- by Jonathan A. Glickstein
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on December 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
- by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
- reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere
- by Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose (editors)
- reviewed by William J. Collins on May 13, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
- by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
- reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Bristol Historical Resource CD
- by Peter Wardley (editor)
- reviewed by Lisa Bud-Frierman on March 12, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies
- by Timothy Earle
- reviewed by Michael W. Graves on June 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), 16th Century (4), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
- by Avner Offer
- reviewed by John F. Helliwell on January 18, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
- by Paul Seabright
- reviewed by Haim Ofek on January 29, 2007
- Geographic area:
- Time period: Prehistoric (1), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy
- by Robert Higgs
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on July 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
- by Paul A. David and Mark P. Thomas (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on June 25, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World
- by Robert William Fogel
- reviewed by Cormac Ó Gráda on October 19, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Estadísticas históricas de España: Siglos XIX - XX
- by Albert Carreras and Xavier Tafunell (editors)
- reviewed by Mauricio Drelichman on August 16, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
- by Robert C. Allen
- reviewed by R. W. Davies on June 9, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
- by Robert William Fogel
- reviewed by John Murray on April 9, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (e), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance
- by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson
- reviewed by Drew Keeling on June 13, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from the Past
- by Dora L. Costa (editor)
- reviewed by John E. Murray on January 5, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania
- by Timothy Cuff
- reviewed by Lee A. Craig on November 14, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change
- by Timothy Guinnane, William Sundstrom and Warren Whatley (editors)
- reviewed by Lance Davis on April 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Commodity Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
- by John J. McCusker
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 6, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan
- by Carl Mosk
- reviewed by Mitsuhiko Kimura on October 31, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
- by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- by Joel Mokyr (editor)
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on April 20, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth
- by Philip Parker
- reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on September 12, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Poverty and Life Expectancy: The Jamaica Paradox
- by James C. Riley
- reviewed by Chulhee Lee on January 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective
- by Steven King
- reviewed by Stephen Ziliak on October 24, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Poverty in Britain, 1900-1965
- by Ian Gazeley
- reviewed by George R. Boyer on November 23, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Poverty in the Roman World
- by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne (editors)
- reviewed by Willem M. Jongman on July 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750
- by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
- reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution
- by Haim Ofek
- reviewed by João Ricardo Faria on May 30, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: Prehistoric (1)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Sexual Revolutions: Gender and Labor at the Dawn of Agriculture
- by Jane Peterson
- reviewed by Richard H. Steckel on June 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: Prehistoric (1)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Sick, Not Dead: The Health of British Workingmen During the Mortality Decline
- by James C. Riley
- reviewed by J. C. Herbert Emery on July 9, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Time and Work in England 1750-1830
- by Hans-Joachim Voth
- reviewed by Jane Humphries on February 4, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France
- by Andrea A. Rusnock
- reviewed by Bernard Harris on May 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
- by Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (editors)
- reviewed by John Drabble on July 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Sozialstruktur und biologischer Lebensstandard in München und dem südlichen Bayern im 19. Jahrhundert
- by Klaus Schuster
- reviewed by Daniel Schwekendiek on April 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
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