From ROEHNER at frcpn11.in2p3.fr Fri Jul 26 18:25:05 1996 From: ROEHNER at frcpn11.in2p3.fr (Bertrand Roehner) Date: Wed Nov 16 18:06:30 2005 Subject: QH.R: Quanhist biblio project Message-ID: <960726.183819.SET.ROEHNER@frcpn11.in2p3.fr> ================= QUANHIST.RECURRENT POSTING ================= Dear Subscriber, We are glad to send you a (preliminary) bibliography in comparative history. Should you know about other titles meeting our selection criteria (they are recalled at the end of the file) we would be glad to incorporate them in subsequent editions. Please send the titles (in the same format) to: ROEHNER @ FRCPN11.IN2P3.FR (Bertrand Roehner) Sincerely The editors ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Quanhist-biblio project ***** This file contains a sample of books providing comparative, quantitative evidence for a number of data that are not usually to be found in national statistical yearbooks (the selection criteria are recalled at the end of the file). ------------------------------------------------ Title : Agricultural fluctuations in Europe from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Title o: Eine Geschichte der Land-und Ernahrungswirtschaft Mittelseuropas seit dem hohen Mittelalter Data : grain prices, wages, rent, etc. Countrs: Britain, France, Germany, Poland, United States, etc. Period : 1300-1914 Pages : 301p Aut.: ABEL (W.) Year: 1935 Loc.: Hambourg Publ: Paul Harey Title : The world market for grains (no English translation so far) Title o: Das Getreide im Weltverkehr Data : production, exports, imports, prices for grain Countrs: About 30 countries (major grain producers and consumers) Period : Depending on the country; largest interval: 1850-1897 Pages : 850 Aut.: ACKERBAUMINISTERIUM Year: 1900 Loc.: Vienna Publ: Staatsdruckerei Title : Violence and crime in cross-national perspective Data : Number (and rates) of homicides, robberies. Countrs: 111 countries Period : depending on the country; largest interval: 1900-1970 Pages : 341 Aut.: ARCHER (D.) et al Year: 1984 Loc.: New Haven Publ: Yale University Press Title : Statistics of wars (no English translation published) Title o: Zahl im Kriege Data : Casualities and fatalities in wars, strength of forces, etc. Countrs: European countries Period : 1750-1890 Pag. : 170 Aut.: BERNDT (O.) Year: 1897 Loc.: Vienna Publ: G.Freytag Title : Income distribution in historical perspective Data : Distribution of income, Gini coefficient Countrs: Australia, Austria (Vienna), Belgium, Britain, Germany, Sweden Period : 1850-1980 Pages : 261 Aut.: BREMMER (Y.S.) et al ed Year: 1991 Loc.: Cambridge (U.K.) Publ: Cambridge University Press Title : The conditions of economic progress Data : Productivity of primary industry, manufacturing industry, service industry, consumption of principal classes of goods Countrs: All countries Period : 1875-1950 Pages : 504 Aut.: CLARK (C.) Year: 1940 Loc.: London Publ: Macmillan Title : Population growth and land use Data : Fertility population of nations and cities, location of industry Countrs: All countries Period : 1800-1960 Pages : 415 Aut.: CLARK (C.) Year: 1967 Loc.: London Publ: Macmillan Title : The economics of subsistance agriculture Data : Agricultural product, food consumption, income elasticity of demand for food, transport costs Countrs: Brazil, China, England, India, Japan, Mexico Period : Late 19th and 29th century Pages : 245 Aut.: CLARK (C.) et al Year: 1967 Loc.: London Publ: Macmillan Title : The modernization of transportation means (no English translation so far) Title o: La transformation des moyens de transport et ses consequences economiques et sociales Data : Transport rates, volume of trade, etc Countrs: England, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, United States Period : 19th century Pages : 459 Aut.: DE FOVILLE (A.) Year: 1880 Loc.: Paris Publ: Guillaumin Title : European Urbanization Data : Populations of towns and cities Countrs: England and Wales, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, etc Period : 1500-1800 Pages : 400 Aut.: DE VRIES (J.) Year: 1984 Loc.: London Publ: Methuen and Co Title : Suicide, a study in sociology Title o: Le suicide, etude de sociologie Data : Suicide rates and related data Countrs: Industrial countries Period : 19th century Pages : 462 Aut.: DURKHEIM (E.) Year: 1897 Loc.: Paris Publ: F.Alcan Title : State, economy, and society in Western Europe 1815-1975 A data handbook in two volumes Data : Electoral statistics, demography, taxes, gouvernment expenditures, income levels, etc. Countrs: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, England and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain. Period : 1815-1975 Pages : vol 1: 633; vol 2: 758 Aut.: FLORA (P.) et al Year: 1983, 1987 Loc.: Frankfurt Publ: Frankfurt Campus Verlag, Macmillan, St James Title : Public and private ownership in British industry 1820-1990 Data : Productivity, tariff rates, etc Countrs: Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland Period : 1820-1990 Pages : 386 Aut.: FOREMAN-PECK (J.) Year: 1994 Loc.: Oxford (U.K.) Publ: Clarendon Press Title : Haydn's dictionary of dates and universal information relating to all ages and nations Data : All kinds of data: e.g. fires, executions, riots, etc Countrs: All nations Period : mainly 1850-1892; there are also indications about earlier times Pages : 1291 Aut.: VINCENT (T.) Year: 1898 Loc.: London Publ: Ward, Lock and Co Title : Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815 Data : Total factor productivity of agriculture for over 18 regions of France plus parts of Germany and England; estimates of growth in food supply; workings of labor, credit, and land rental markets. Countrs: France, Germany, England Period : 1450-1815 Pages : 361 Aut.: HOFFMAN (P.T.) Year: 1996 Loc.: Princeton, New Jersey, USA Publ: Princeton University Press Title : A brief history of panics and their periodical occurrence in the United States Title o: Des crises periodiques et de leur retour periodique en France, en Angleterre et aux Etats-Unis Data : Interest rates, banknotes in circulation, reserve deposit Countrs: Britain, France, United States Period : 1800-1860 Pages : 258 Aut.: JUGLAR (C.) Year: 1862 Loc.: Paris Publ: Guillemin Title : The nutrition and economic development in the 18th century Habsbourg monarchy: an anthropometric history Data : Height data Countrs: Austria, Hungary, Czeh Republic, Italy, Belgium, etc. Period : 1725-1850 Pages : 325 Aut.: KOMLOS (J.) Year: 1989 Loc.: Princeton Publ: Princeton University Press Title : One hundred years of economic statistics Data : GDP, price index, population, imports, exports, etc. Countrs: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden Period : 1997-1987 Pages : 343 Aut.: LIESNER (T.) Year: 1989 Loc.: New York Publ: Facts on File Title : Asymetric information and financial crises: a historical perspective Data : Interest rate spread, stock prices, commercial paper rate, call rate Countrs: United States Period : Recurrent events: panics of 1857,1873,1884,1890,1893,1896,1907, 1929,1987 Pages : 39 Aut.: MISHKIN (F.S.) Year: 1991, in Financial markets and financial crises Hubbard (R.G.) ed Loc.: Chicago Publ: University of Chicago Press, NBER Title : European historical statistics 1750-1986 Data : Population, production, trade, national accounts, finance, etc. Countrs: European countries Period : Depending on country and data; largest interval: 1750-1986 Pages : 450 Aut.: MITCHELL (B.R.) Year: 1992 (first edition: 1978) Loc.: New York Publ: Columbia University Press, Macmillan Title : International historical statistics. The Americas and Australasia Data : Population, production, trade, national accounts, finance, etc. Countrs: All the countries in North, Central and South America and Australasia Period : Depending on country and data; largest interval: 1850-1986 Pages : 950 Aut.: MITCHELL (B.R.) Year: 1983 Loc.: London Publ: Macmillan Title : International historical statistics: Africa and Asia Data : Population, production, trade, national accounts, finance, etc. Countrs: All countries in Africa and Asia Period : Depending on country and data; largest interval: 1850-1986 Pages : 750 Aut.: MITCHELL (B.R.) Year: 1982 Loc.: New York Publ: New York University Press Title : Medieval regions and their cities Data : Populations of major cities and towns Countrs: Main urbanized regions in Western Europe Period : Depending on specific region; largest interval: 1200-1550 Pages : 280 Aut.: RUSSEL (J.C.) Year: 1972 Loc.: Publ: David and Charles: Newton Abbot Title : World handbook of political and social indicators Data : Various social and political and social indicators: infant mortality, urbanization, voter turnout, land distribution, etc (comparability and even reliability is not always guaranteed Countrs: About 100 countries Period : 1960-1970; this is a cross-sectional study, it does not provide any longitudinal series Pages : 440 Aut.: TAYLOR (C.L.) et al Year: 1972 Loc.: New Haven Publ: Yale University Press Title : The world in figures (no English translation so far) Title o: Die Welt in Zahlen Data : Various statistical data: demography, strikes , economy, etc. Countrs: Industrial countries Period : Depending on country and data; usually 1870-1920 Pages : 7 vols: 238,378,322,377,378,282,395 Aut.: WOYTINSKY (W.L.) Year: 1926 Loc.: Berlin Publ: Rudolf Mosse Title : Title o: Data : Countrs: Period : Pages : Aut.: Year: Loc.: Publ: SELECTION CRITERIA: 1) Studies that are "truly" quantitative 2) Studies that are "truly" comparative: at least 5 cases (either 5 countries/regions or 5 events) 3) Time span covered: at least 50 years 4) All languages may be considered but the information about the book should be given in English (along with the title in the original language) ============ FOOTER TO QUANHIST.RECURRENT POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info QUANHIST.RECURRENT" to lists@cs.muohio.edu.