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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): ebrary, Inc.
Series: New studies in American intellectual and cultural history: Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: x, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.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 methodsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 314.1072/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; 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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314.1072/3 (Browse shelf) Available

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.