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Stature and Living Standards in the United States

In: American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War

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Richard H. Steckel

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This chapter was published in: Richard H. Steckel American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War, , pages 265-310, 1992.

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Robert E. Gallman & John Joseph Wallis, 1992. "American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number gall92-1.
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