Statistics and politics in the 18th century
Abstract: The article first gives an overview over the early history of statistics in politics, and then zooms in on the first attempts at establishing a nationwide agrarian statistics in pre-revolutionary France. Attention is given to the obstacles as well as to the long-term successes in standardizing and quantifying agrarian productivity. The corresponding learning experience, both in terms of concepts and practice, was a condition for the institutionalization of statistics in the early nineteenth century. It had its roots in the secular-utilitarian agenda of "enlightened absolutism" and its focus on a systematic and state-sponsored relaunch of the national economy. (author's abstract)
- Weitere Titel
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Statistik und Politik im 18. Jahrhundert
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Statistics and politics in the 18th century ; volume:41 ; number:2 ; year:2016 ; pages:238-257
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 41, Heft 2 (2016), 238-257
- Klassifikation
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Wirtschaft
- Urheber
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Behrisch, Lars
- DOI
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10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.238-257
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-468699
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Behrisch, Lars