TY  - BOOK
AU  - López-Alonso,Moramay
TI  - Measuring up: a history of living standards in Mexico, 1850-1950 
T2  - Social science history
SN  - 9780804773164 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HD 6996 .L 65 2012
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Cost and standard of living
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Stature
KW  - Diet
KW  - Public health
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Poverty
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index; The ideas behind the making of welfare institutions -- Welfare as charity? -- Welfare as public policy -- The measure of well-being : why and how do we use heights to understand living standards? -- The tall or short of it : tracking heights and living standards -- Health and nutrition : the history -- Health and nutrition : the data analysis -- Overview and final conclusions
ER  -