TY  - GEN
AU  - Jean-Guy Prevost
AU  - Jean-Pierre Beaud
TI  - Statistics, Public Debate and the State, 1800–1945: A Social, Political and Intellectual History of Numbers
SN  - 9781317321255
PY  - 2015///1006
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Routledge
N2  - Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are able to present a truly original work
ER  -