Contents

pp v-vi

In Memoriam: Kenneth L. Sokoloff

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp 1-8

PART I - HEALTH AND LIVING STANDARDS

pp 9-10

1 - Biotechnology and the Burden of Age-Related Diseases

pp 11-26

2 - Extending the Reach of Anthropometric History to the Distant Past

pp 27-45

3 - Insecurity, Safety Nets, and Self-Help in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

pp 46-90

PART II - INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOLING

pp 91-92

4 - The Evolution of Schooling in the Americas, 1800–1925

pp 93-142

5 - Why the United States Led in Education: Lessons from Secondary School Expansion, 1910 to 1940

pp 143-178

6 - The Production of Engineers in New York Colleges and Universities, 1800–1950: Some New Data

pp 179-218

PART III - HUMAN CAPITAL OUTLIERS

pp 219-220

7 - Young Geniuses and Old Masters: The Life Cycles of Great Artists from Masaccio to Jasper Johns

pp 221-247

8 - An Elite Minority: Jews among the Richest 400 Americans

pp 248-264

PART IV - CONSTRAINTS IN LABOR AND FINANCIAL MARKETS

pp 265-266

9 - Suffrage and the Terms of Labor

pp 267-284

10 - Prodigals and Projectors: An Economic History of Usury Laws in the United States from Colonial Times to 1900

pp 285-324

Index

pp 325-342