Victorians And Numbers: Statistics And Society In Nineteenth Century Britain

A defining feature of Victorian Britain was its fascination with statistics, and this study shows how 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.

• | By (Author): Lawrence (Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Fellow, St. Peter'S College, University Of Oxford) Goldman
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0192847740
• | ISBN-13: 9780192847744