Health, Mortality and the Standard of Living in Europe and North America Since 1700

These two volumes bring together important and influential articles and papers on different aspects of the history of health and welfare. The collection includes classic and more recent essays on the origins and nature of mortality decline; the early-life origins of adult health and disease; changes in height, weight and body mass; the definition and measurement of the 'standard of living'; and the economic and social impact of health improvements.

Edited by Roderick Floud, Former Provost, Gresham College, UK, the late Robert William Fogel, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, University of Chicago, US, Bernard Harris, Professor of Social Policy, University of Strathclyde, UK and Sok Chul Hong, Department of Economics Seoul National University, South Korea