States of Inquiry : Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States /
Oz Frankel.
- 1 online resource (384 pages): ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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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9781421427881
Government publications--History--Great Britain--19th century. Printing, Public--History--Great Britain--19th century. Social surveys--History--Great Britain--19th century. Government publications--History--United States--19th century. Printing, Public--History--United States--19th century. Social surveys--History--United States--19th century.
Great Britain--Population--Statistical methods. United States--Population--Statistical methods.