States of Inquiry: Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States
(Part of the New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series)
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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 factories. The American federal government studied Indian tribes, explored the West, and investigated the condition of the South during and after the Civil...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801883407
ISBN13:9780801883408
Release Date:July 2006
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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