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

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

Author/creator	Frankel, Oz, 1958-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Description	x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(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 methods.

Series	New studies in American intellectual and cultural history New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. ^A260366
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-357) and index.
LCCN	2005027400
ISBN	0801883407 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780801883408

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HA37.U55 F75 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold