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.