Numeracy or enumeration? The uses of numbers by states and societies

Social Science History

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 653-698

  Emigh, Rebecca Jean ^a  

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EID: 0040669460     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-26-4-653     Document Type: Review

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