Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970


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Contains annual, time-series data with national coverage on almost any aspect of United States economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics. Part 1 covers: Population. Vital statistics and health and medical care. Migration. Labor. Prices and price indexes. National income and wealth. Consumer income and expenditures. Social statistics. Land, water, and climate. Agriculture. Forestry and fisheries. Minerals. Part 2 covers: Construction and housing. Manufactures. Transportation. Communications. Energy. Distribution and services. International transactions and foreign commerce. Business enterprise. Productivity and technological development. Financial markets and institutions.










Statistics of Income


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Statistics of Income


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Vols. for 1934-53 issued in 2 pts.: pt.1. Individual income tax returns, estate tax returns, gift tax returns (varies); pt.2. Corporation income tax returns and personal holding company returns. 1954- issued in 4 pts.: Corporation income tax returns; Estate tax returns; Fiduciary income tax returns; Individual income tax returns.







An American Dilemma, Volume 1


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This landmark effort to understand African-American people in the New World provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks.







Top Incomes


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This volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income tax records to cast light on the dramatic changes that have taken place at the top of the income distribution. The results cover 22 countries and have a long time span, going back to 1875.