Index Book, Vol. 3 by Charis Conn, Lewis H. Lapman (Editor), George Plimpton (Introduction)

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The Harper's Index Book assembles the most useful, enduring, and compelling statistics from the Harper's Index, arguably the most original (and most imitated) invention in magazine journalism. Since 1984, the Index has measured the drifting tide of human events and recorded them in Harper's Magazine as numerical snapshots. Organized by political, social, and cultural themes and phenomena including: marriage, sex, weather, crime, high finance, and dozens of other aspects of life. This new book will raise eyebrows and settle arguments. When the moment demands the authoritative weight of a reliable statistic to punctuate a speech, a toast, a professional presentation, or merely to spice up party chatter, this book delivers fresh, new perspective.

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Plimpton lauds this Index marking the magazine's 150th anniversary and covering April 1995-January 2000 for having an index. Such intriguing statistics as the average weekly allowance of a US child ($5.82) are arranged by 82 categories. Previous editions appeared in 1991 and 1988. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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