Historical Statistics of the United States
Millennial Edition

"Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in the spring of 2006 is an update of a landmark reference long overdue for revision. Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (4432p. ISBN 0-521-81791-9. Price not available), a compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources last updated in the distant 1975, has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series-three times more than in the previous edition-and dozens of new topics, among them slavery, American Indians, and poverty. The monumental five-volume work will be available in both print and electronic formats."

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On Most Ready Reference Desks—But Overdue For Revision
Historical Statistics of the United States has long been the standard source for quantitative indicators of American history, and a new edition has been eagerly awaited by reference librarians, historians, and social scientists.The last effort to collate, organize and interpret such a towering mass of data was with the publication of the Bicentennial Edition in 1975. But now, a sweeping, comprehensive, and thoroughly revised new edition is available —one that reflects thirty years of information and new scholarship. This essential reference has been updated for the new millennium and provides rich materials for both contemporary and historical researchers.

Reference librarians will find this a valuable historical supplement to the oft-used Statistical Abstract of the United States. Users will no longer need to trace a time series through a back-issue collection of the “Stat Abstract,” a tedious and often frustrating task. The documentation is written for the non-expert with definitions of technical terms, background information, and illustrations of the use of data. Full source citations and extensive documentation are provided on the same page(s) as tables wherever possible for ease of reference and in-library photocopying.

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Cambridge University Press is pleased to introduce a new series entitled Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance

Volumes in the series focus on several Italian city-states that were particularly active during the period 1300 - 1600 and chart their "rise and fall", a drama that is often related to their political and economic fortunes.

Each volume will examine regional visual traditions, the political, social and general cultural contexts in which art was created, patronage, both corporate and individual, and changes in religious and devotional practices and in particular how these affected the form and content of art works.

Volumes will cover all media, including painting, sculpture and arthitecture. An important aspect of these volumes is their emphasis on the decorative arts, including manuscript illumination, medals, cassoni and tapestries, which played a far more important role than has heretofore been acknowledged.

Finally, these volumes will be designed and produced to the highest standards. Ranging from 400 - 450 pages in a large format, they will include a full illustration program of 250 halftones and 32 color plates.

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The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen

This is the first fully annotated scholarly edition of Jane Austen's complete works. Each volume features an extensive introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, full explanatory notes to the text and an authoritative textual apparatus. The Cambridge Austen is the definitive edition for the twenty-first century.

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