States of inquiry social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States / [electronic resource] :
Oz Frankel.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- x, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history .
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. .
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Social surveys--History--United States--19th century. Printing, Public--History--United States--19th century. Government publications--History--United States--19th century. Social surveys--History--Great Britain--19th century. Printing, Public--History--Great Britain--19th century. Government publications--History--Great Britain--19th century.
United States--Population--Statistical methods. Great Britain--Population--Statistical methods.