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Author Frankel, Oz, 1958-

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

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

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Description x, 370 p. : ill.
Series New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-357) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 methods.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0801883407 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
9780801883408

 
    
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