A Statistical Account of the British Empire: exhibiting its extent, physical capacities, population, industry, and civil and religious institutions.

McCULLOCH, John Ramsay.

Published by London: Printed for Charles Knight and Co., 1837

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First edition, an important statistical and historical survey, exemplifying "the way in which data collection, enumeration, and tabulation became a part of the statistical landscape in early Victorian Britain; he examined, for example, the statistics of the population and geography of the British Empire, the growth of industrialization, and provisions for the poor" (Flood, Rice, & Wilson, p. 437). The 1830s saw an expansion in the use of statistics in public policy - the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade was created in 1832, the Manchester Statistical Society in 1833, and the Statistical Society of London in 1834. Despite the "British Empire" in the title, the work does not directly detail the colonies. Kress C.4426; Goldsmiths' 29789. Robin Wilson, Raymond Flood, & Adrian Clifford Rice, Mathematics in Victorian Britain, 2011. 2 vols, octavo (216 x 131 mm). Contemporary half calf, red and brown labels, gilt in compartments, marbled sides, light blue endpapers, marbled edges. Slight rubbing and abrasion to sides, scattered light foxing. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 159204

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Statistical Account of the British Empire:...

Publisher: London: Printed for Charles Knight and Co., 1837

Edition: 1st Edition