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Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Web Site (ICPSR 170)
Released/updated on: 2007-01-15
Geographic coverage: United States
This Web site provides online access to the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. A project of the William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History at the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Atlas describes and maps every change in the boundaries of all United States counties from the early 1600s to 2000. In addition, the Atlas compiles and maps all changes in colonial or territorial and state boundaries, including the evolution of the states, plus county name changes, unsuccessful proposed counties, and attachments of unorganized counties and non-county areas to operational counties. Along with a detailed bibliography, citations to the primary sources for each change, and an explanation of different aspects of the Atlas project, the Web site enables users to view historical state and county maps and to download historical state and county shapefiles.
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Data Confrontation Seminar, 1969: Comparative Socio-Political Data (ICPSR 38)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-12
Geographic coverage: Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Global, India
Time period: 1969-01-01--1969-12-31
This study contains selected electoral and demographic national data for nine nations in the 1950s and 1960s. The data were prepared for the Data Confrontation Seminar on the Use of Ecological Data in Comparative Cross-National Research held under the auspices of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research on April 1-18, 1969. One of the primary concerns of this international seminar was the need for cooperation in the development of data resources in order to facilitate exchange of data among individual scholars and research groups. Election returns for two or more national and/or local elections are provided for each of the nine nations, as well as ecological materials for at least two time points in the general period of the 1950s and 1960s. While each dataset was received at a single level of aggregation, the data have been further aggregated to at least a second level of aggregation. In most cases, the data can be supplied at the commune or municipality level and at the province or district level as well. Part 1 (Germany, Regierungsbezirke), Part 2 (Germany, Kreise), Part 3 (Germany, Lander), and Part 4 (Germany, Wahlkreise) contain data for all kreise, laender (states), administrative districts, and electoral districts for national elections in the period 1957-1969, and for state elections in the period 1946-1969, and ecological data from 1951 and 1961. Part 5 (France, Canton), and Part 6 (France, Departemente) contain data for the cantons and departements of two regions of France (West and Central) for the national elections of 1956, 1962, and 1967, and ecological data for the years 1954 and 1962. Data are provided for election returns for selected parties: Communist, Socialist, Radical, Federation de Gauche, and the Fifth Republic. Included are raw votes and percentage of total votes for each party. Ecological data provide information on total population, proportion of total population in rural areas, agriculture, industry, labor force, and middle class in 1954, as well as urbanization, crime rates, vital statistics, migration, housing, and the index of "comforts." Part 7 (Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture), Part 8 (Japan, House of Representatives Time Series), Part 9 (Japan, House of (Councilors (Time Series)), and Part 10 (Japan, Prefecture) contain data for the 46 prefectures for 15 national elections between 1949 and 1968, including data for all communities in the prefecture of Kanagawa for 13 national elections, returns for 8 House of Representatives' elections, 7 House of Councilors' elections, descriptive data from 4 national censuses, and ecological data for 1950, 1955, 1960, and 1965. Data are provided for total number of electorate, voters, valid votes, and votes cast by such groups as the Jiyu, Minshu, Kokkyo, Minji, Shakai, Kyosan, and Mushozoku for the Communist, Socialist, Conservative, Komei, and Independent parties for all the 46 prefectures. Population characteristics include age, sex, employment, marriage and divorce rates, total number of live births, deaths, households, suicides, Shintoists, Buddhists, and Christians, and labor union members, news media subscriptions, savings rate, and population density. Part 11 (India, Administrative Districts) and Part 12 (India, State) contain data for all administrative districts and all states and union territories for the national and state elections in 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, and 1967, the 1958 legislative election, and ecological data from the national censuses of 1951 and 1961. Data are provided for total number of votes cast for the Congress, Communist, Jan Sangh, Kisan Mazdoor Praja, Socialist, Republican, Regional, and other parties, contesting candidates, electorate, valid votes, and the percentage of valid votes cast. Also included are votes cast for the Rightist, Christian Democratic, Center, Socialist, and Communist parties in the 1958 legislative election. Ecological data include total population, urban population, sex distribution, occupation, economically active population, education, literate population, and number of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jainis, Moslems, Sikhs, and other religious groups. Part 13 (Norway, Province), and Part 14 (Norway, Commune) consist of the returns for four national elections in 1949, 1953, 1957, and 1961, and descriptive data from two national censuses. Data are provided for the total number of registered voters, valid votes, raw votes cast for the Communist, Labor, Liberal, Agrarian, Conservative, Christian Peoples parties, and other parties, and the percentage of total votes cast for each party. Data are also provided for total population by gender and age, economically active population, number of church services registered, and number of communes within each province, as well as percentagized number of population economically active in select industries, dissenters, and total population attending church. Part 15 (Norway, Year 1965) contains returns for national elections in 1961 and 1965 for 466 communes created by administrative reorganization in 1961, and ecological data from the 1960 census. Data are provided for total votes cast for the parties, and the number of registered voters. Other items specify the type of commune, region code, television coverage code, and politicization, two-day election, and periphery indexes. Part 16 (Sweden, Constituency) and Part 17 (Sweden, Commune) contain data for all communes, provinces, and constituencies for Parliamentary elections in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960, and ecological data from two national censuses for 1950 and 1960. Data are provided for total electorate, number of votes cast, raw votes, and percentage of votes cast for the Conservative, Agrarian, Liberal, Social Democratic, Communist, and other parties. Data are also provided for total population by gender, population economically active, number of salaried employees, and wage earners. Part 18 (Denmark, County) and Part 19 (Denmark, Commune) consist of data for all communes and provinces for the national elections of 1947, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1964, and 1966, and ecological data from the censuses of 1950 and 1960. Data are provided for total number of electorates and raw votes for the Social Democratic, Radical Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Single-tax, Communist, Danish, German Minority parties, and other parties. Data are also provided for total and percentagized population by age and gender, industrially active population, and urbanization. Part 20 (Netherlands, Municipalities) consists of data for all municipalities, provinces, and economic-geographic areas for national elections in 1959 and 1963, and ecological data for 1954 and 1962 for total population and industrially active population by gender and age, urbanization, occupation, education, and religion. Part 21 (Poland, Poviats), Part 22 (Poland, Electoral Districts), and Part 23 (Poland, Voievodships) consist of data for all poviats, voievodships, and electoral districts for national elections in 1952, 1957, 1961, and 1965, two council elections, and ecological data for 1950, 1960, and 1965. Data are provided for total population by gender and age distribution, occupation, investments, communication media, industrially active population, number of dwelling units, farms, pigs, cattle, physicians, and population growth ratio in urban and rural areas. Items also specify the number of staff, employees, and council members in local councils in 1965. See the related collection, DATA CONFRONTATION SEMINAR, 1969: UNITED STATES DATA (ICPSR 0005).
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Disturbances in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960: Intensive Sample (ICPSR 51)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: France
This detailed study of 578 disturbances in France in the period 1830-1860 and 1930-1960 provides information on the geographic, economic, political, demographic, and historical background for each of the communes involved in the disturbances. Data for the formations, a collective of forces comprising of at least 50 persons in each collective, provide information on their social, economic, and political background, population characteristics, type of formation, age-sex distribution of the formations, and the political party affiliation of its members. The antecedent history of the disturbances is also given, including public memory of previous conflicts, forms of and responses to violence, interactions with other formations, character and clarity of objectives, and extent of territory controlled. Data on the organization of each formation is provided for the leadership, coordination, segmentation, stratification, and differentiation of the formation, as well as the extent of participation in man-days, and the numbers of participants in the disturbances arrested, killed, or wounded. Information is also provided on the outcome of the disturbance and changes resulting from participation in the disturbances. Additional variables provide detailed descriptions of the magnitude, duration, objectives, and immediate consequences of the disturbances. Variables also describe the newspaper, archival, and secondary sources used in the coding of the data collection.
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Centre-Periphery Structures in Europe [1880-1978]: An International Social Science Council (ISSC) Workbook in Comparative Analysis (ICPSR 7571)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Great Britain, Norway, Europe, Switzerland, Germany, Global
Time period: 1880-01-01--1978-12-31
This study presents economic, cultural, electoral, and administrative variables from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries on four European countries: Britain, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland. In particular, this study focuses on the relationships between military-administrative, economic, and cultural "centers" within a nation-state and its surrounding hinterlands. The four countries selected illustrate very different types of territorial structure from the federal, multi-centered model to the unitary, single-centered model. In physical size, they represent both large and small political entities. This study contains extensive information for all four countries in such areas as geography, demography, urban settlement patterns, occupational structures, education, income, industrial and agricultural production, health and household conditions, cultural and religious traits, and political beliefs.