num_pages: 494
description: 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.
language: English
title: Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
titlecomplete: Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
publisher: Oxford University Press