A Calculating People
The Spread of Numeracy in Early America
By Patricia Cline Cohen
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-92578-5
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 3rd November 1999
- Pages: 288
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About the Book
Now back in print,
A Calculating People reveals how numeracy profoundly shaped the character of society in the early republic and provides a wholly original perspective on the development of modern America.
About the Author(s)
Patricia Cline Cohen is Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in 19th Century New York (1998).
