过剩之地 : 美式富足与贫困悖论 Guo sheng zhi di : mei shi fu zu yu pin kun bei lun

This thoroughly revised five-volume reference work reflects thirty years of new data and scholarship. The Millennial edition has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series from over 1000 sources -- three times more than in the previous edition. Dozens of new topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest This quantitative history is composed of statistical tables plus interpretive essays that contextualize the data