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Wissensproduktion durch britische Volkszählungen und Umfragen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis ins digitale Zeitalter

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Author(s)
Brückweh, Kerstin
Contributor(s)
Historical Institute London, German (editor)
Language
German
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Abstract
This book gets to the heart of discussions on big data and the digital age. It presents the 200-year history of the idea that people and societies are nothing more than the sum total of the data collected by quantitative methodology. It describes this history in the context of censuses and survey research in Great Britain, focusing on the actors involved, methodology, social classifications, and questions about race, ethnicity and disabilities.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59489
Keywords
History of knowledge; modern political history; social observation; statistics market and opinion research; disabilities history
DOI
10.1515/9783110407853
ISBN
9783110407853, 9783110407785, 9783110407884, 9783110407853
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2015
Imprint
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Series
Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London/ Publications of the German Historical Institute London, 76
Classification
European history
History and Archaeology
c 1500 onwards to present day
Social and cultural history
Pages
426
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/