Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

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

  • Book
  • © 1980

Overview

Authors:
  1. Alex C. Michalos

    1. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Programmes (SSIR, volume 1)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. The Foundations of Social Reporting

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 1-31

  3. Population Structure

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 32-126

  4. Death, Disease and Health Care

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 127-269

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Alex C. Michalos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: North American Social Report

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of the Quality of Life in Canada and the USA from 1964 to 1974.Vol. 1: Foundations, Population and Health

  • Authors: Alex C. Michalos

  • Series Title: Social Indicators Research Programmes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8975-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1058-1Published: 30 April 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8975-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 278

  • Topics: Sociology, general

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation