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This book gets to the heart of discussions on big data and the digital age. It presents the 200-year history of the idea that people and societies are nothing more than the sum total of the data collected by quantitative methodology. It describes this history in the context of censuses and survey re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter,
2015.
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| Series: | Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London/ Publications of the German Historical Institute London.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book gets to the heart of discussions on big data and the digital age. It presents the 200-year history of the idea that people and societies are nothing more than the sum total of the data collected by quantitative methodology. It describes this history in the context of censuses and survey research in Great Britain, focusing on the actors involved, methodology, social classifications, and questions about race, ethnicity and disabilities. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 311040785X 9783110407853 9783110407884 3110407884 |