Numbers and Nationhood: Writing Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Italy

by Silvana Patriarca

Book Overview

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"