The great escape
Subtitle: a review essay on Fogel's 'The escape from hunger and premature death, 1700-2100'
By: Angus Deaton.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11308; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11308.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Fogel, Robert William.; Food supply -- History.; Malnutrition -- History.; Medical care -- History.; Mortality -- History.
Description: "In this essay, I review Robert Fogel's The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 which is concerned with the past, present, and future of human health.  Fogel's work places great emphasis on nutrition, not only for the history of health, but for explaining aspects of current health, not only in comparing poor and rich countries, but in thinking about rich countries now and in the future.  I discuss Fogel's analysis alongside alternative interpretations that place greater emphasis on the historical role of public health, and on the current and future role of improvements in medical technology"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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