States of inquiry [electronic resource] : social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States / Oz Frankel.

By: Frankel, Oz, 1958-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: New studies in American intellectual and cultural historyPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: x, 370 p. : illSubject(s): Social surveys -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Printing, Public -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Government publications -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Social surveys -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Printing, Public -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Government publications -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | United States -- Population -- Statistical methods | Great Britain -- Population -- Statistical methodsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 314.1072/3 LOC classification: HA37.U55 | F75 2006Online resources: Click to View
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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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.

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