Author: Artisans of Great Britain (England)
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Begin. The Artisans of Great Britain, having deputed a Select Committee to inquire into the causes which have led to the extensive depreciation, or reduction, in the remuneration for labour ... the Select Committee have ... drawn up a report, which was read at a public meeting, held at Bolton, on Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1824; when the following resolutions were put, etc. [The resolutions, together with a summary of the report.]
Author: Artisans of Great Britain (England)
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Present State of England in Regard to Agriculture, Trade and Finance; Witha Comparison of the Prospects of England and France. By Joseph Lowe ...
Author: Lowe (Joseph)
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Victorians and Numbers
Author: Lawrence Goldman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192663410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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A defining feature of nineteenth-century Britain was its fascination with statistics. The processes that made Victorian society, including the growth of population, the development of industry and commerce, and the increasing competence of the state, generated profuse numerical data. This is a study of how such data influenced every aspect of Victorian culture and thought, from the methods of natural science and the struggle against disease, to the development of social administration and the arguments and conflicts between social classes. Numbers were collected in the 1830s by newly-created statistical societies in response to this 'data revolution'. They became a regular aspect of governmental procedure thereafter, and inspired new ways of interrogating both the natural and social worlds. William Farr used them to study cholera; Florence Nightingale deployed them in campaigns for sanitary improvement; Charles Babbage was inspired to design and build his famous calculating engines to process them. The mid-Victorians employed statistics consistently to make the case for liberal reform. In later decades, however, the emergence of the academic discipline of mathematical statistics - statistics as we use them today - became associated with eugenics and a contrary social philosophy. Where earlier statisticians emphasised the unity of mankind, some later practitioners, following Francis Galton, studied variation and difference within and between groups. In chapters on learned societies, government departments, international statistical collaborations, and different Victorian statisticians, Victorians and Numbers traces the impact of numbers on the era and the intriguing relationship of Victorian statistics with 'Big Data' in our own age.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192663410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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A defining feature of nineteenth-century Britain was its fascination with statistics. The processes that made Victorian society, including the growth of population, the development of industry and commerce, and the increasing competence of the state, generated profuse numerical data. This is a study of how such data influenced every aspect of Victorian culture and thought, from the methods of natural science and the struggle against disease, to the development of social administration and the arguments and conflicts between social classes. Numbers were collected in the 1830s by newly-created statistical societies in response to this 'data revolution'. They became a regular aspect of governmental procedure thereafter, and inspired new ways of interrogating both the natural and social worlds. William Farr used them to study cholera; Florence Nightingale deployed them in campaigns for sanitary improvement; Charles Babbage was inspired to design and build his famous calculating engines to process them. The mid-Victorians employed statistics consistently to make the case for liberal reform. In later decades, however, the emergence of the academic discipline of mathematical statistics - statistics as we use them today - became associated with eugenics and a contrary social philosophy. Where earlier statisticians emphasised the unity of mankind, some later practitioners, following Francis Galton, studied variation and difference within and between groups. In chapters on learned societies, government departments, international statistical collaborations, and different Victorian statisticians, Victorians and Numbers traces the impact of numbers on the era and the intriguing relationship of Victorian statistics with 'Big Data' in our own age.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Pages : 914
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Author: Charles Mackay
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Vol. 2 A forest huge of spears and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Vol. 2 A forest huge of spears and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States: Abdication-Duty
Author: John Joseph Lalor
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century
Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
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Languages : en
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan Elliot
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy
Author: John Bright
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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