Collaborative Research: Project to revise the Historical Statistics of the United States

历史统计项目是一个重大的合作努力，以产生一个更新，修订，扩大和电子访问的美国历史统计的新版本。 上一版的《历史统计学》（Historical Statistics），现在已经过时很久了（美国人口普查局，1975年），是一本两卷本的54章的大汇编，涉及所有的社会，行为，人文和自然科学，包括经济学，政府，金融，社会学，人口学，教育，法律，自然资源，气候，宗教，国际移民和贸易。 新的美国历史统计千禧年版将向研究人员、教育工作者、学生和公众开放。 该奖项为三年活动的第一年（1998年）的项目中央管理提供支助。 这种支持对于确保项目的及时完成以及文本的准确性和可靠性至关重要。

The Historical Statistics Project is a major collaborative effort to produce an updated, revised, expanded, and electronically-accessible new edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States. The previous edition of Historical Statistics, now long out of date (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1975), is a massive, two-volume compendium of 54 chapters on topics touching all of the social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences, including economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade. The new Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States will be accessible to researchers, educators, students, and the general public. The award provides support for the central management of the project for the first year (1998) of the three-year activity. This support is essential to insure the timely completion of the project and the accuracy and reliability of the text.