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Title: Book Review: Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2006
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Abstract: The new, five-volume Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States has arrived. It is a great success that will easily fill the shoes and shelf-space of the well-worn, two-volume Bicentennial Edition. Unlike its predecessor, the Millennial Edition was neither sponsored nor published by the United States Census Bureau. Although the Census Bureau declined to participate in the new project, it did give a stamp of approval to the endeavor and allowed the new edition to build freely on the earlier editions. Ultimately, the Millennial Edition is every bit as authoritative as the earlier editions in terms of its underlying scholarship, and it is even more ambitious in its coverage. The lack of government involvement, however, shifted costs to the academic community on both the production and consumption sides. At $990, this is not a collection that every scholar can afford to have on her shelf for frequent consultation, but I imagine that internet access to the data series through library subscriptions will ease that constraint.
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Authors: Collins, William, J
Periodical (Full): The Journal of Economic History
Issue: 4
Volume: 66
Pages: 1088-1097
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
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