States of Inquiry : Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States

• Author: Frankel, Oz
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (384 p.)

In the mid-nineteenth century, American and British governments marched with great fanfare into the marketplace of knowledge and publishing. British royal commissions of inquiry, inspectorates, and parliamentary committees conducted famous social inquiries into child labor, poverty, housing, and fac...