The politics of large numbers
Subtitle: a history of statistical reasoning
By: Alain Desrosières ; translated by Camille Naish.
Contributors: Naish, Camille, 1945-; France. Ministère de la culture.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Statistics -- History.
Work titles: La politique des grands nombres.
Description: 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.
Notes: Original French ed.: 1993.

Published with assistance of French Ministry of Culture.

Bibliography: p. 343-357. - Includes index.

Translated from the French.