States of Inquiry

States of Inquiry by Oz Frankel

It interweaves innovative, theoretical discussions into meticulous, historical analysis.

Well researched book.. A worthwhile contribution. -- Elizabeth Peterson Libraries and the Cultural Record 2008 An important and timely book that will interest a wide range of researchers. -- Patrick Carroll American Journal of Sociology 2007 In the extraordinary detail and breadth of its research, States of Inquiry offers important arguments about the state's role in the transformation of the public sphere and print's role in the imagination of national communities. In its acute discussion of particular cases of social inquiry, it offers a sophisticated model of book-history research. -- Thomas Augst Journal of the Early Republic 2008 Frankel's work is a significant contribution to the understanding of the evolution of two representative governments and their societies during the nineteenth century. -- Robert Mullen Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2008 The author has done a brave job of tackling an enormous, gray mass of governmental publication in the nineteenth century and giving us a great many local insights in the process. -- Jon Klancher Victorian Studies 2008 Ambitious book... adds much to our understanding of the development of social scientific 'fieldwork'... By combining a detailed history of publishing with a broader history of social investigation, Frankel offers us a fresh insight into the relationship between these different aspects of state building and the production of social knowledge. -- Kathrin Levitan Journal of Modern History 2009 A strenuously empirical, theoretically informed study that reaches across a wide range of subjects, geographies, and politics to examine how official knowledge was created in the nineteenth century. -- Michael Zakim American Historical Review 2009 Compelling. -- Mary O. Furner Modern Intellectual History 2009

Oz Frankel is an assistant professor of historical studies at the New School for Social Research, New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780801883408
ISBN 10	0801883407
Title	States of Inquiry
Author	Oz Frankel
Series	New Studies In American Intellectual And Cultural History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2006-09-15
Number of pages	384
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