Disciplining Statistics
Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830-1885
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2006
288 pages
978-0-8223-8852-4 (ISBN)
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Disciplining Statistics contrasts the different ways that statistical knowledge was developed and used in England and France during the nineteenth century.
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Libby Schweber
Disciplining Statistics
Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830-1885
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11/2006
Duke University Press
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Libby Schweber is a Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of Reading.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. The Struggle for Disciplinary Recognition: Why "Invent" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century France
1. The "Invention" of Demography, 1853-1855 35
2. The Neglect of Demography, 1855-1867 49
3. The Reinvention of Demography, 1867-1878 67
Part II. The Institutionalization of Vital Statistics in England: How to "Secure" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century England
4. The Invention of Vital Statistics, 1830-1837 93
5. Vital Statistics as an Instrument of Social Reform 105
Part III. The Institutionalization of Demography in France: How to "Secure" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century France
6. Discipline Formation at Last 135
7. Limits to Institutionalization 157
Part IV. The Struggle to Retain Disciplinary Recognition: How to "Defend" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century England
8. The Challenge to Vital Statistics 179
9. Institutional Transformations and the Introduction of Disciplinary Specialization 191
Conclusion 213
Notes 227
Bibliography 253
Index 273
Introduction 1
Part I. The Struggle for Disciplinary Recognition: Why "Invent" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century France
1. The "Invention" of Demography, 1853-1855 35
2. The Neglect of Demography, 1855-1867 49
3. The Reinvention of Demography, 1867-1878 67
Part II. The Institutionalization of Vital Statistics in England: How to "Secure" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century England
4. The Invention of Vital Statistics, 1830-1837 93
5. Vital Statistics as an Instrument of Social Reform 105
Part III. The Institutionalization of Demography in France: How to "Secure" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century France
6. Discipline Formation at Last 135
7. Limits to Institutionalization 157
Part IV. The Struggle to Retain Disciplinary Recognition: How to "Defend" a Discipline in Nineteenth-Century England
8. The Challenge to Vital Statistics 179
9. Institutional Transformations and the Introduction of Disciplinary Specialization 191
Conclusion 213
Notes 227
Bibliography 253
Index 273
