States of Inquiry : Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States / Oz Frankel.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (384 pages): illContent type: - text
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- 9781421427881
- 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
- 314.1072/3 22
- HA37.U55 F75 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-357) and index.
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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