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THe American Human Development (HD) Index is a composite measure of wellbeing and opportunity. It combines indicators in three fundamental areas-health, knowledge, standard of living-into a single number that falls on a scale form 0 to 10.

Em 2011 está completando 55 da mais popular revista em quadrinhos para crianças da URSS: "Vsyolye Kartinki" ou, literalmente, "figuras divertidas". Esta foi a primeira HD da União Soviética e era de enorme popularidade no país. Para comemorar o evento, a Tretyakovskaya Galeria está realizando uma exposição com os melhores desenhos da coleção, que começou a ser publicada em 1956, durante o "degelo" promovido por Nikita Khruschov, junto com os jornais "Novo Mundo" (Novy Mir) e "Ciência e Vida"(Naúka i Jizni").

WWII interactive games

"The History Data Service collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching." This says that it's open access, but on closer inspection you need an Athens login (only available if you're attached to an institution which pays for it). Would be great if you could get in, though, I'd imagine.

The History Data Service collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching.

"The Great Britain Historical Database is a large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics. A significant amount of work has gone into integrating the referencing of spatial units, and where practical assembling data for different dates into single tables." You can use it for free, with some limitations on the amount of information you can retrieve. Very valuable though as in my experience it's hard to get a hold of historical statistics.

The Great Britain Historical Database is a large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics. A significant amount of work has gone into integrating the referencing of spatial units, and where practical assembling data for different dates into single tables.

Blog of historic photo images, many from Loc. Members can upload their own photos.