Numbers and Nationhood: Writing Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Italy

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture Series)

by Silvana Patriarca

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Numbers and Nationhood explores the rise of statistics as a mode of representation in Italian society during the nineteenth century. Silvana Patriarca examines the ideologies that informed numerical productions, and the role that statistics played in generating a national image of Italy that nevertheless accentuated its internal territorial divisions. This innovative study provides a fresh reading of the historiography of Risorgimento Italy, bringing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521522609

ISBN13:9780521522601

Release Date:December 2003

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Education & Reference Europe History Ireland Italy Mathematics Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math Social Science

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