History Guide

Authoritative summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Maps and charts showing U.S. demographic, economic, and political data based on the U.S. census (1870-1920).

Statistical history of U.S. social, economic, and political development.
Also available in print - Reference Collection - 2nd Floor West - REF HA2020. B7 1976

Supplements Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970.
Also available in print - Reference Collection - 2nd Floor West - REF HA202 .K87 2004

Reference Collection - 1st Level - REF E185 .H543 1995

Extensive tables for converting historical currencies and comparing exchange rates between London, European cities, and the British colonies.
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Historical statistics on native American tribes from a wide variety of government documents (mostly federal) and scholarly reports.
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Reference Collection - 2nd Floor West - REF HB235.U6 V349x 2005
Records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased, from the Colonial Era to the Civil War.

The Value of a Dollar documents thousands of consumer prices, wages across occupations, typical grocery costs, investment prices, and related economic benchmarks over multiple decades.

Compare the relative value of money over time—covering prices, wages, GDP, interest, and exchange rates—and convert past amounts to present terms.

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The data presented includes tables on population, suffrage, bureaucracy, military personnel, public expenses and income, education, housing, gross national product, income distribution, and labor disputes.