States of inquiry social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States /

Frankel, Oz, 1958-

States of inquiry social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States / [electronic resource] : Oz Frankel. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - x, 370 p. : ill. - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history . - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. .

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Social surveys--History--United States--19th century.
Printing, Public--History--United States--19th century.
Government publications--History--United States--19th century.
Social surveys--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Printing, Public--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Government publications--History--Great Britain--19th century.


United States--Population--Statistical methods.
Great Britain--Population--Statistical methods.


Electronic books.

HA37.U55 / F75 2006

314.1072/3