Title Disciplining statistics : demography and vital statistics in France and England, 1830/1885 / Libby Schweber

Published Durham : Duke University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations Series Politics, history, and culture e-Duke books scholarly collection. Politics, history, and culture. 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 In English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Demography -- France -- History -- 19th century Demography -- England -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography. Demography Demographie Demografie. Bevolkingsstatistiek. SUBJECT France -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century England -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century France -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century Subject England France Frankreich England Frankrijk. Engeland. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822388524 0822388529

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