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Numbers and Nationhood : Writing Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Italy
Overview
Numbers and Nationhood explores the rise of statistics as a mode of representation in Italian society during the nineteenth century. Silvana Patriarca examines the ideologies that informed numerical productions, and the role that statistics played in generating a national image of Italy that nevertheless accentuated its internal territorial divisions. This innovative study provides a fresh reading of the historiography of Risorgimento Italy, bringing issues of science, ideology and representation to the fore.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521522601
- ISBN-10: 0521522609
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: December 2003
- Dimensions: 9.08 x 6.06 x 0.82 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.98 pounds
- Page Count: 296
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