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"In this original and instructive book, Libby Schweber puts the history of statistics in a new light by providing an institutional and sociological account which connects the development of statistics to a broader history of state expertise."-Alain DesrosiÈres, author ofThe Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical ReasoningSchweber, Libby is the author of 'Disciplining Statistics Demography And Vital Statistics in France And England, 1830-1885', published 2006 under ISBN 9780822338147 and ISBN 0822338149.
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