North American Social Report - A Comparative Study of the Quality of Life in Canada and the USA from 1964 to 1974.Vol. 1: Foundations, Population and Health (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980)

It would have been nice to have been able to write this book with the style of Mailer, the wit of Shaw, the breadth of Myrdal and the zeal of Nader. It would also have been miraculous. Rest assured there are no miracles here. On the contrary, the work in your hands undoubtedly bears all the marks of imperfect human design. It's too long for one book, but probably too short for the story to be told. It's not the sort of book one can hope to fmish, even in five volumes. There is always one more table one might squeeze in, one more column or row, an illustrative chart or figure, another important refer ence to check, something dangling here or there that nags one to fiddle with it, wrap it up, tie it down, and so on. All one can do, I think, is put up with the nagging and press on. I can't imagine anyone making so many factual claims and evaluative judgments, and putting together so many numbers in so many different areas without making dozens of mistakes. I can't imagine anyone working with national statistics and not having plenty of mistakes made for him. As I look back on it now, it's hard to imagine anyone being naive enough (bold enough has a better ring to it) to take on the task of writing a book like this in the first place. Of course, I had Myrdal's great An American Dilemma to encourage me."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Social Indicators Research Programmes, 1
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	April 1980
Authors:	Alex C. Michalos
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	278
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-1058-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	90-277-1058-9
Barcode:	9789027710581

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