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States and statistics in the nineteenth century :Europe by numbers
This book is a history of an illusion. It is also a history of the dream that preceded the illusion. The book discusses statistics as the field of tension between the scientific claims of neutrality and universality on the one hand and the political and economic reality of the conflicting interests of nation-states on the other. The various paths of state- and nation-building that European coun…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781526147530
- Collation
- 208p.
- Series Title
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- Call Number
- 314.09034 STA r
States and statistics in the nineteenth century :Europe by numbers
This book is a history of an illusion. It is also a history of the dream that preceded the illusion. The book discusses statistics as the field of tension between the scientific claims of neutrality and universality on the one hand and the political and economic reality of the conflicting interests of nation-states on the other. The various paths of state- and nation-building that European coun…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781526147530
- Collation
- 208p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 314.09034 STA r
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