States of inquiry social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States /

Frankel, Oz, 1958-

States of inquiry social investigations and print culture in nineteenth-century Britain and the United States / [print] Oz Frankel. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2006. - x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history .

Includes bibliographies 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.



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


Electronic Books.

HA37.N469.S738 2006