States of Inquiry Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States - Frankel, Oz, 1958-; Project Muse. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-357) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Government publications -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Printing, Public -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Social surveys -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Government publications -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Printing, Public -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social surveys -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Population -- Statistical methods; United States -- Population -- Statistical methods; Electronic books