Rising Life Expectancy
Subtitle: A Global History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521802451
Subjects: Population & demography; World history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Demography; World - General; History / World; Life expectancy
First sentence: In some places and times before 1800 life expectancy at birth may have reached or even slightly surpassed forty years.