Numbers and Nationhood: Writing Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Italy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521522601)

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.

Author: Silvana Patriarca
ISBN-10: 0521522609
ISBN-13: 9780521522601
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2003
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.06w x 0.82d