Disciplining statistics: demography and vital statistics in France and England, 1830/1885

The struggle for disciplinary recognition: why "invent" a discipline in nineteenth-century France? -- The "invention" of demography, 1853/1855 -- The neglect of demography, 1855/1867 -- The re-invention of demography, 1867/1878 -- The institutionalization of vital statistics in E...

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1. Verfasser: Schweber, Libby (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press c2006
Schriftenreihe:Politics, history, and culture
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Zusammenfassung:The struggle for disciplinary recognition: why "invent" a discipline in nineteenth-century France? -- The "invention" of demography, 1853/1855 -- The neglect of demography, 1855/1867 -- The re-invention of demography, 1867/1878 -- The institutionalization of vital statistics in England: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The invention of vital statistics, 1830/1837 -- Vital statistics as an instrument of social reform -- The institutionalization of demography in France: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century France -- Discipline formation at last -- Limits to institutionalization -- The struggle to retain disciplinary recognition: how to "defend" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The challenge to vital statistics -- Institutional transformations and the introduction of disciplinary specialization
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-272) and index
Beschreibung:277 p ill 24 cm
ISBN:9780822388524
0822388529