Some British empiricists in the social sciences, 1650-1900
tarafından
 
Stone, Richard, 1913-1991 author

Başlık
Some British empiricists in the social sciences, 1650-1900

Yazar
Stone, Richard, 1913-1991 author

ISBN
9780521571456

Yazar Ek Girişi
Stone, Richard, 1913-1991 author

Fiziksel Tanımlama
xxii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Seri
Raffaele Mattioli lectures

Genel Not
At head of title: Raffaele Mattioli Foundation.
 
Some pages fold-out to reveal larger tables.
 
Includes two folded charts in pocket.

İçerik
First Lecture: the Political Arithmeticians: 1. William Petty and the birth of national accounting -- 2. Charles Davenant and the analysis of taxes -- 3. Gregory King and the development of economic statistics -- Second Lecture: Progress in Economic Statistics: 4. William Fleetwood and the birth of index numbers -- 5. Arthur Young and the concept of value added -- 6. Patrick Colquhoun and the accounts of the British Empire -- Third Lecture: Demography and Vital Statistics: 7. John Graunt and the birth of demographic statistics -- 8. Edmond Halley and the first life table -- 9. William Farr and the development of vital statistics -- Fouth Lecture: Quantitative Social Studies: 10. Frederick Morton Eden and the poor of England -- 11. Florence Nightingale and hospital reform -- 12. Charles Booth and the London working classes -- Comments -- Richard Stone: an autobiographical sketch -- Bibliography of Richard Stone's works.

Özet
The development of economic, demographic and social statistics in the British Isles from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth.

Konu Başlığı
Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
 
Sosyal bilimler -- İstatistiksel metotlar.
 
Social scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
 
Sosyal bilimciler -- Büyük Britanya -- Biyografi.

Tüzel Kişi Ek Girişi
Raffaele Mattioli Foundation.


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