States of Inquiry : Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States /

States of Inquiry : Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States /

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Main Author: Frankel, Oz, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Government publications > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Printing, Public > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Social surveys > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Government publications > United States > History > 19th century.
Printing, Public > United States > History > 19th century.
Social surveys > United States > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Population > Statistical methods.
United States > Population > Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Monuments in print
  • Blue books and the market of information
  • The battle of the books
  • The bee in the book
  • The culture of the social fact
  • Scenes of commission
  • Facts speak for themselves
  • Can freedmen be citizens?
  • Totem envy
  • Archives of Indian knowledge
  • The purloined Indian
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Essay on sources.

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