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"This definitve encyclopedia features more than 1,000 characters from over 75 years of DC Comics history"--Front jacket flap.

Become a Marvel Comics trivia expert with the most mind-boggling records and stats. How many suits does Iron Man have? How fast can Captain America run? Did you know that the Hulk once caught a mountain range weighing 150 billion tons? Or that Black Widow’s electric bolts have a maximum charge of 30,000 volts? Discover Moon Girl’s amazing intelligence, Spider-Man’s incredible agility, and much more. With stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, Marvel World Records is a must-have for any young Marvel fan! Packed with incredible feats and records from the heroes and villains of Marvel Comics, from the strongest and speediest to the most powerful and cunning, and containing stats and information from the popular Marvel Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, this book will wow young fans. © 2023 MARVEL

At the end of the U.S Civil War, veterans had to choose whether to return to their prewar communities or move to new areas. The late 19th Century was a time of sharp urban growth as workers sought out the economic opportunities offered by cities. By estimating discrete choice migration models, we quantify the tradeoffs that veterans faced. Veterans were less likely to move far from their origin and avoided urban immigrant areas and high mortality risk areas. They also avoided areas that opposed the Civil War. Veterans were more likely to move to a neighborhood or a county where men from their same war company lived. This co-location evidence highlights the existence of persistent social networks. Such social networks had long-term consequences: veterans living close to war time friends enjoyed a longer life.

"Using data from Union Army pensioners and from the National Health Interview Surveys, we estimate that work-disability among white males aged 45-64 was 3.5 times as high in the late 19th century than at the end of the 20th century, including a decline and flattening of the age-profile since 1970. We present a descriptive model of disability that can account for a) the secular decline in prevalence; b) changes in slope of the age-profile; and c) periods of increasing prevalence. The high level and relatively flat slope of the historical disability age-profile is consistent with the early onset of chronic conditions and with high mortality associated with a subset of those conditions. We show that many common conditions in the 19th century have been either eliminated, delayed to later ages, or rendered less disabling by treatment innovations and the transformation of the workplace. These improvements have swamped the effect of declining mortality, which put upward pressure on disability prevalence. Given the low rate of mortality prior to age 65, technological changes will likely induce further reductions in work-disability, though recent increases in the prevalence of asthma and obesity may eventually work against this trend"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Un recueil de 240 pages qui vous dévoile des anecdotes, des récits incroyables mais vrais et des faits étranges mais intéressants sur vos personnages préférés des comics Marvel. Découvrez pourquoi Hulk apparaît de trois couleurs différentes (vert, gris et rouge) ou encore comment une grenouille a acquis une fois les pouvoirs de Thor ! Ce guide unique ravira et surprendra tous les fans en dévoilant les secrets de super héros mais aussi les coulisses de certaines scènes de comics.