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In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is...
5) The sum of the people: how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age
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ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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A 3,000-year history of the census chronicles the practices of the ancient world through the Supreme Court rulings of today, examining how censuses have been used as tools of democracy, exclusion and mass surveillance.
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1,007 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm
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The World Almanac® is America's bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2024 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2023 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific...
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339 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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"LGBTQ Stats chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing the critical statistics, and draws upon and synthesizes newly collected data. Deschamps and Singer - whose previous books and films on LGBTQ topics have won numerous awards and found audiences around the globe - provide chapters on family and marriage, workplace discrimination, education, youth, criminal justice, and immigration, as well as evolving policies and laws affecting LGBTQ communities....
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xviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would win the World Series in 2017, people thought Ben Reiter, the article's author, was crazy. The Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but they were more than just bad. They were an embarrassment, a club that didn't even appear to be trying to win. The cover story, combined with the specificity of Reiter's claim, met instant and nearly universal...
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xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Taking a business statistics course, or just need to understand this complicated topic for your business? This guide shows how statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations apply to the world of global business and economics. You'll get an introduction on sampling and graphs, and discover how statistics are used in daily life.
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222 pages ; 23 cm
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A través de datos, estadísticas y un sinfín de anécdotas, este libro hará las delicias de todos aquellos que creen saberlo todo sobre fútbol. Acompañado de una sección de retos y preguntas y respuestas, este es el libro definitivo para los más apasionados conocedores de este deporte. Pon a prueba tus conocimientos sobre el fantástico mundo del fútbol y entrénate para saberlo todo de los torneos, jugadores, entrenadores y equipos de la...
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