States and statistics in the nineteenth century : : Europe by numbers / / Nico Randeraad; translated from Dutch by Debra Molnar.
In this fascinating study, Nico Randeraad vividly describes the turbulent history of statistics in nineteenth century Europe. The book deals not only with developments in the large states of Western Europe, but gives equal attention to small states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary) and to the decl...
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Place / Publishing House: | Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, 2010. Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, [2020] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 2010 |
Language: | English Dutch |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) :; digital file(s). |
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Other title: | Onberekenbare Europa. |
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Summary: | In this fascinating study, Nico Randeraad vividly describes the turbulent history of statistics in nineteenth century Europe. The book deals not only with developments in the large states of Western Europe, but gives equal attention to small states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary) and to the declining Habsburg Empire and Tsarist Russia. Then, unlike today, statistics constituted a comprehensive science, which stemmed from the idea that society, just like nature, was governed by laws. In order to discover these laws, everything had to be counted. What could be counted, could be solved: crime, poverty, suicide, prostitution, illness, and many other threats to bourgeois society. The statisticians, often trained as jurists, economists and doctors, saw themselves as pioneers of a better future. Offering an original perspective on the tensions between universalism and the rise of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, this book will appeal to historians, statisticians, and social scientists in general. |
Audience: | Academic. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781526147530 152614753X 9780719081422 0719081424 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nico Randeraad; translated from Dutch by Debra Molnar. |