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Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
Robert C. Allen
Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
Robert C. Allen
When did Europe pull ahead of Asia in terms of living standards? A number of well-known scholars compare economic and demographic indicators of well-being in the pre-industrial period. The emerging picture is not one of great differences, but of considerable similarities in standard of living between Europe and Asia before the Industrial Revolution.
494 pages, numerous maps, tables and line drawings
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 24, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780199280681 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Genre | Cultural Region > Asian Studies |
Pages | 496 |
Dimensions | 164 × 241 × 32 mm · 889 g |
Editor | Allen, Robert C. (Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford) |
Editor | Bengtsson, Tommy (Professor of Demography and Economic History, Lund University) |
Editor | Dribe, Martin (Associate Professor of Economic History, Lund University) |
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