States and statistics in the nineteenth century Europe by numbers /

This book is a history of an illusion. It is also a history of the dream that preceded the illusion. The book discusses statistics as the field of tension between the scientific claims of neutrality and universality on the one hand and the political and economic reality of the conflicting interests...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Randeraad, Nico (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[sine loco] : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	History. Histoire. history (discipline) History / Europe. Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration. History Political Science Public Affairs & Administration Europe General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. The first meeting: Brussels 1853
2. All the world's a stage: Paris 1855
3. The expansion of Europe: Vienna 1857
4. On waves of passion: London 1860
5. The German phoenix: Berlin 1863
6. Nationalism unbounded: Florence 1867
7. Small gestures in a big world: The Hague 1869
8. 'Sadder and wiser': St Petersburg 1872 and Budapest 1876
Afterword
Bibliography
Index