Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France

by Andrea A. Rusnock and Rusnock Andrea a.

Book Overview

This study examines the pre-history of statistics in eighteenth-century England and France, before state governments and other institutions began to collect statistical data on a regular basis. Eighteenth-century political and medical arithmeticians developed a variety of useful techniques to measure health and population. This book highlights the history of numerical tables, as new scientific instruments, and explains how they were used to evaluate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101239
• ISBN13: 9780521101233
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"