Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Impact of Race and Inequality on Human Capital Formation in Latin America during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 3: Education and Inequality in North America in the Long Term with Special Reference to the United States -- Chapter 4: World Population Growth and Fertility Patterns, 1960-2010: A Simple Model Explaining the Evolution of the World's Fertility - The Americas in a Comparative Framework -- Chapter 5: The Economic Geography of Human Capital in Twentieth Century Latin America in an International Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 6: Education and Children's Work: Spain, Latin America and Developing Countries -- Chapter 7: Education, Gender Gaps and Market Openness: A Comparative Study of Urban Latin America and East Asia (1970-2000) -- Chapter 8: Income and Human Capital, Inequality and Ethnicity in the Americas during the Second Era of Globalization (1960-2010).