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oapen-20.500.12657-594892022-11-22T03:27:21Z Menschen zählen Brückweh, Kerstin Historical Institute London, German History of knowledge modern political history social observation statistics market and opinion research disabilities history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLL Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history 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. 2022-11-21T16:33:38Z 2022-11-21T16:33:38Z 2015 book ONIX_20221121_9783110407853_38 2192-0257 9783110407853 9783110407785 9783110407884 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59489 ger Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London/ Publications of the German Historical Institute London application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783110407853.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110407853 De Gruyter De Gruyter Oldenbourg 10.1515/9783110407853 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. 10.1515/9783110407853 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 9783110407853 9783110407785 9783110407884 De Gruyter Oldenbourg 76 426 Berlin/Boston open access
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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.
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