Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations |
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Politics, history, and culture |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Politics, history, and culture.
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Contents |
The struggle for disciplinary recognition: why "invent" a discipline in nineteenth-century France? -- The "invention" of demography, 1853/1855 -- The neglect of demography, 1855/1867 -- The re-invention of demography, 1867/1878 -- The institutionalization of vital statistics in England: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The invention of vital statistics, 1830/1837 -- Vital statistics as an instrument of social reform -- The institutionalization of demography in France: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century France -- Discipline formation at last -- Limits to institutionalization -- The struggle to retain disciplinary recognition: how to "defend" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The challenge to vital statistics -- Institutional transformations and the introduction of disciplinary specialization |
Summary |
Disciplining Statistics contrasts the different ways that statistical knowledge was developed and used in England and France during the nineteenth century |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-272) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Demography -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Demography -- England -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Demography
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Demographie
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Demografie.
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Bevolkingsstatistiek.
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SUBJECT |
France -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century
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England -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century
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France -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century
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England
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France
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Frankreich
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England
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Frankrijk.
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Engeland.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780822388524 |
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0822388529 |
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