ISBN: 9780521462969 - numbers and nationhood: writing statistics in nineteenth-century italy (cambridge studies in italian history and culture) (5 Ergebnisse)

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Statistics Italy History 19th century. Statisticians Italy History 19th century. Italy Statistical services History 19th century. 1 Kg.…

Cambridge Studies in Italian History & Culture. First edition. xii+280 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. Numbers and Nationhood explores the Italian inflection of a Europe-wide phenomenon in the nineteenth century: the rise of statistics as a mode of representation in society. Silvana Patriarca examines the ideologies which informed the copious statistical literature produced between the 1820s, when statistical publications began to proliferate in the Italian states, and the 1870s, when a unified Italy entered a fully positivistic era. Her innovative study illuminates the relationship between the needs of an emerging nation and the uses to which statistics were put, generating a long-lasting image of Italy which nevertheless accentuated its internal territorial divisions. By examining the power of numerical representations, Numbers and Nationhood provides a fresh reading of the historiography of Risorgimento Italy and of positivism, bringing to the fore issues of science, ideology, and representation.…

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Zustand: New. An innovative 1996 study of statistics in Risorgimento Italy, and their contribution to the national identity. Series: Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 61. . 1996. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Numbers and Nationhood, first published in 1996, explores the Italian inflection of a Europe-wide phenomenon in the nineteenth century: the rise of statistics as a mode of representation in society. Silvana Patriarca examines the ideologies which informed the copious statistical literature produced between the 1820s, when statistical publications began to proliferate in the Italian states, and the 1870s, when a unified Italy entered a fully positivistic era. Her innovative study illuminates the relationship between the needs of an emerging nation and the uses to which statistics were put, generating a long-lasting image of Italy which nevertheless accentuated its internal territorial divisions. By examining the power of numerical representations, Numbers and Nationhood provides a fresh reading of the historiography of Risorgimento Italy and of positivism, bringing to the fore issues of science, ideology, and representation.…