The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000

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Название: The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000

Автор: heodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, Ben J. Wattenberg

Издательство: The AEI Press

Год: 2001

Страниц: 327

Формат: PDF

Размер: 31 Mb

Язык: Английский

Most history tells the story of the past through anecdotes, but anecdotes do not always present an accurate or complete picture. There is another way to look at history. The rise of widespread, systemic data collection in the twentieth century -- the first measured century -- allows us to examine the past one hundred years with unprecedented clarity. Now, The First Measured Century, a comprehensive popular reference work, uses social data to tell us what happened to everyday Americans in the twentieth century.