The Politics of Large Numbers

BY Alain Desrosières1998

Begins with study of history of statistics, and shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments.

Author	Alain Desrosières
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Release Date	1998
ISBN	9780674009691
Pages	368 pages
Rating	4/5 (9X users)

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