Hist 407/507 War and Social Change in 20th Century Europe
Contact: Graham Howard at 503 725 4586 or grahh@pdx.edu. You can also find help at the ASK US! page.
Background Reading
Encyclopedia of Social History (online)
HN28 .E53 1994 | 3rd Floor
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
H62 .E585 2005 | 2nd Floor
Primary Sources
See the Primary Sources Research Guide at http://www.lib.pdx.edu/resources/pathfinders/history_primary_sources.html
Online Data Sources/Statistics
The Institute of Historical Research
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/index.html
The Institute of Historical Research publishes the journal Historical Methods and includes on its site a directory of web-based resources that include datasets and primary sources. You can browse by time period, geographic area, or by type of resource.
ICPSR (PSU subscription)
An archive of datasets, only a few of which cover the early- to mid-1900s.
Council of European Social Science Data Archives
http://www.nsd.uib.no/Cessda/index.cfm?page=archives.cfm
One central location linking you to data archives of various European countries.
Selected Print Resources for Historical Statistics
* not owned by PSU, but available through Summit
Foreign Statistical Documents
Z7551 .B3 | Reference
International Historical Statistics - Europe, 1750-2000
HA1107 .M5 2003 | 2nd Floor
Elections in Western Europe Since 1815: Electoral Results by Constituencies
JN94 .A95 C368 | 2nd Floor
One Hundred Years of Economic Statistics
HC106 .L68 | 2nd Floor
Economic Statistics, 1900-1983: United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
HC106 .L68 1985 | Basement
Analytical Bibliography of International Migration Statistics, 1925-1950*
Sex and Age of International Migrants: Statistics for 1918-1947*
Economic Characteristics of International Migrants: Statistics for Selected Countries, 1918-1954*
Year-Book of Labour Statistics (annual from 1937)*
The Gallup international public opinion polls*
Great Britain
British Historical Statistics
HA1134 .M58 1988 | 2nd Floor
The British Economy: Key Statistics, 1900-1966
HA1137 .L62 | Basement
To find additional statistical sources in Vikat, Summit or WorldCat, try these subject headings:
[Country] -- Population -- statistics
[Country] -- Population
[Country] -- Statistics
[Country] -- Social conditions
[Country] -- Economic conditions
Migration, Internal -- Europe
Europe -- Emigration and Immigration
Public Opinion -- [Country]
Secondary Sources
List of History Databases and Electronic Resources
List of Sociology Databases and Electronic Resources