Applied Research in Quality of Life
Volume 4, Number 4, 387-389, DOI: 10.1007/s11482-009-9080-z

Thomas E. Jordan, A Review of “The Quality of Life in Seventeenth-Century Ireland”
Lewiston, New York: Mellen Press, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-7734-4744-8

C. B. Claiborne

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Abstract

In “The Quality of Life in Seventeenth-Century Ireland,” Thomas Jordan brings a historian’s perspective to quality-of-life studies. The book raises questions about the determinants of quality-of-life, tangible outcomes and appropriate measures to assess societal well-being.

Keywords  Quetelet’s index - Scale of salubrity - Amenity index

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