History by Numbers

Pat Hudson is Emeritus Professor of History at Cardiff University, UK.Mina Ishizu has recently held research fellowship posts in history at Manchester University and at the London School of Economics, UK.

• Foreword1. The Prospects and Pitfalls of History by Numbers2. The Origins and Nature of Quantitative Thinking3. Arranging, Rearranging and Displaying Data4. Summarising Data: Averages and Distributions5. Time Series and Indices6. Relationships Between Variables7. Sampling and Significance Testing 8. Modelling History9. Computing, the Internet and HistoryGlossaryIndex

The chapters are structured clearly and accessibly; they also include useful exercises which are based on real research work ... A useful book, well-structured and with great pedagogical value.