The colonial state and statistical knowledge

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 37-55

  Kalpagam, U ^a  

^a Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Colonial state; Governmentality; India; Scientific discourses; Statistical knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008272150     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09526950022120665     Document Type: Article

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