Numbers and Nationhood

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 issues of science, ideology and representation to the fore.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521462967
• ISBN13: 9780521462969
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"