A book we're getting soon...
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fleaThe Historical Statistics of the United States 5 Volume Set (Millennial Edition)
Edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, Gavin Wright.
Cambridge University Press, March 2006. ISBN-13: 9780521817912. ISBN-10: 0521817919
Historical novelists who prize accuracy, connoisseurs of facts, and researchers will find it invaluable. The New York Times' fun teaser is here (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/books/22stats.html) and offers these tidbits:
"Fewer than 1 in 10 black children under 5 live with both parents; workers with the highest hourly wages now work the longest hours; there are more religious workers (also bartenders, gardeners and authors) than ever recorded, and more shoemakers than at any other time since the Civil War; only half of Americans have access to fluoridated water; a growing share of poor people live in the suburbs; philanthropy compared with the gross domestic product has been declining since 1960; more Protestants and Jews say they attended religious services within the last week than at any time in the last 50 years; the nation is producing record amounts of broccoli; it took four days on average to travel between New York and Boston in 1800; attendance at horse-racing tracks peaked in 1976, but rodeo attendance is at an all-time high; and the proportion of people who have no opinion in presidential approval polls is the lowest in a half century."
Got an extra $825 (double that if you want the online edition)? You can buy one here: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521817919 But if you lack the funds, rest assured that every academic library and major public library will be getting it soon.
Edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, Gavin Wright.
Cambridge University Press, March 2006. ISBN-13: 9780521817912. ISBN-10: 0521817919
Historical novelists who prize accuracy, connoisseurs of facts, and researchers will find it invaluable. The New York Times' fun teaser is here (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/books/22stats.html) and offers these tidbits:
"Fewer than 1 in 10 black children under 5 live with both parents; workers with the highest hourly wages now work the longest hours; there are more religious workers (also bartenders, gardeners and authors) than ever recorded, and more shoemakers than at any other time since the Civil War; only half of Americans have access to fluoridated water; a growing share of poor people live in the suburbs; philanthropy compared with the gross domestic product has been declining since 1960; more Protestants and Jews say they attended religious services within the last week than at any time in the last 50 years; the nation is producing record amounts of broccoli; it took four days on average to travel between New York and Boston in 1800; attendance at horse-racing tracks peaked in 1976, but rodeo attendance is at an all-time high; and the proportion of people who have no opinion in presidential approval polls is the lowest in a half century."
Got an extra $825 (double that if you want the online edition)? You can buy one here: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521817919 But if you lack the funds, rest assured that every academic library and major public library will be getting it soon.