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Frankel, Oz, 1958-

States of Inquiry Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States / Oz Frankel. - 1 online resource (x, 370 p.) : ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

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.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780801888779 0801888778

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Government publications--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Printing, Public--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Social surveys--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Government publications--History--United States--19th century.
Printing, Public--History--United States--19th century.
Social surveys--History--United States--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Population--Statistical methods.
United States--Population--Statistical methods.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HA37.U55 / F75 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 314.1072/3