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Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World (Record no. 612676)
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| fixed length control field | 260215s2026##################000#0#eng## |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521808781 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | hbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 304.64 |
| Item number | FOG |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Fogel Robert William |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Robert William Fogel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge Univ Pr. |
| Year of publication | 2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1961p,; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling new study examines health, nutrition and technology from 1700 to 2100. Although throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their average longevity and to increase their body size by over fifty percent over the past three centuries. Larger, healthier humans have contributed to the acceleration of economic growth and technological change, resulting in reduced economic inequality, declining hours of work and a corresponding increase in leisure time. Increased longevity has also brought increased demand for health care. Fogel argues that health care should be viewed as the growth industry of the twenty-first century and systems of financing it should be reformed. His book will be essential reading for all interested in economics, demography, history and health care policy. A professor at the University of Chicago, Robert William Fogel has taught at the University of Rochester, |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | sociology |
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| Koha item type | Reference |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 3RD FLOOR, B WING | 15.02.2026 | 304.64 FOG | 102342 | 15.02.2026 | Reference |