Helmuth von Moltke was addressing a subject that was arguably one of the most im por tant
social, po liti cal, and cultural transformations wrought by a long nineteenth century: the …

The first international organizations such as the Commission Internationale d'Agriculture and
the International Institute of Agriculture have been studied as historical phenomena since …

Pode-se fazer tudo com as estatísticas, exceto jurar sobre elas. Com o declínio consecutivo
da teologia, da metafísica, das teorias globalizantes e da polarização ideológica, os …

The Studies of the Americas Series includes country specific, crossdisciplinary and
comparative research on the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada …

This introduction does two things. On the one hand, it explains why investigating the history
of the International Statistical Institute is of interest not only for students of the history of …

Partant de l'analyse d'un tableau élaboré par le statisticien français Émile Levasseur en
1873, qui dresse une hiérarchie des pays du monde en fonction de leurs performances …

RESUMO O artigo investiga o papel das práticas de quantificação na construção do Estado
e das rotinas sociais, nas formas de governar a população através dos números, nas …

This article studies the formation of the Chilean statistical service in a period that ranges
from the last decades of colonial rule to the 1870's. The purpose of this chronology is to …

1 Quel est le taux de chômage au Japon, combien gagne un mineur suédois, quel est le prix
du kilogramme de pain blanc au Portugal ou combien d'individus émigrent de la Nouvelle …

Cet article étudie le rôle des chiffres dans la «nouvelle gouvernance» européenne à travers
l'analyse ethnographique d'une conférence internationale sur la comparaison des systèmes …