Living Standards in the Past : New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe

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.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Allen, Robert C
Other Persons:	Bengtsson, Tommy (contributor) ; Dribe, Martin (contributor)
Publisher:	Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Subject:	Lebensstandard \| Standard of living \| Asien \| Asia \| Europa \| Europe \| Geschichte \| History \| Verbraucherpreisindex \| Consumer price index

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Extent:	1 online resource (495 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
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ISBN:	978-0-19-153573-4 ; 978-0-19-928068-1
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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