States of Inquiry: Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States

States of Inquiry: Social Investigations and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States
ISBN-10
0801883407
ISBN-13
9780801883408
Category
History
Pages
370
Language
English
Published
2006-07-21
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Oz Frankel

Description

Oz Frankel explores the nineteenth-century roots of the modern "information state," especially the roles of investigative projects and official reports in embedding the state in print culture and refashioning the politics of representation.

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