| Series |
Politics, history, and culture
Politics, history, and culture. ^A503914
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| Contents |
The struggle for disciplinary recognition: why "invent" a discipline in nineteenth-century France? -- The "invention" of demography, 1853-1855 -- The neglect of demography, 1855-1867 -- The reinvention of demography, 1867-1878 -- The institutionalization of vital statistics in England: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The invention of vital statistics, 1830-1837 -- Vital statistics as an instrument of social reform -- The institutionalization of demography in France: how to "secure" a discipline in nineteenth-century France -- Discipline formation at last -- Limits to institutionalization -- The struggle to retain disciplinary recognition: how to "defend" a discipline in nineteenth-century England -- The challenge to vital statistics -- Institutional transformations and the introduction of disciplinary specialization. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006010426 |
| ISBN | 0822338254 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822338253 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822338149 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822338147 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822338253 |
| ISBN | 9780822338147 |
