Low Income, Social Growth, and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries Volume 17
(Part of the California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public Series)
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This book studies the experience of twelve countries that have broken through the limits that low incomes so often impose on human survival: China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Oman, Panama, the former Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. Most made impressive gains in life expectancy in the decades after 1920, and by 1960 nearly matched the rich countries in survival. James C. Riley finds that all of these countries enjoyed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520252861
ISBN13:9780520252868
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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