A Calculating People by Patricia Cline Cohen

A Calculating People by Patricia Cline Cohen

An entertaining and informative history of the birth of the American passion for numbers, tracing the history of numeracy from its origins in the Enlightenment to its flowering in mid-nineteenth century America.

"[An] exceptionally well-crafted book..Illuminating and richly detailed." -- Paul Starr, The New Republic
"An important volume...This thoughtful, original, and felicitous book deserves a broad audience." -- Michael Kammen, Journal of American History
"A classic study...This elegant cultural history of how numbers became America's most powerful signs, both for reasoning and persuasion, is crucial for understanding the transformation of 19th-century America." -- Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut

Patricia Cline Cohen is Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of aProstitute in 19th Century New York (1998).

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ISBN 13	9780415925785
ISBN 10	0415925789
Title	A Calculating People
Author	Patricia Cline Cohen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1999-11-03
Number of pages	288
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