Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling new study examines health, nutrition and
technology from 1700 to 2100. Although throughout most of human history, chronic …

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 …

Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives
than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists …

During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most
advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive …

The modern secular decline in mortality in Western Europe did not begin until the 1780s and
the first wave of improvement was over by 1840. The elimination of famines and of crisis …

Slavery is not and has never been a" peculiar institution," but one that is deeply rooted in the
history and economy of most countries. Although it has flourished in some periods and …

" Slavery and American Economic Development is a small book with a big interpretative
punch. It is one of those rare books about a familiar subject that manages to seem fresh and …

This edition of the economic history classic One Kind of Freedom reprints the entire text of
the first edition together with an introduction by the authors and an extensive bibliography of …

Between 1830 and 1860 the United States experienced rapid economic growth but
declining stature and rising mortality. Debate has centered on whether the American diet …

Even while slavery existed, Americans debated slavery. Was it a profitable and healthy
institution? If so, for whom? The abolition of slavery in 1865 did not end this debate. Similar …