A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America
by Cohen, Patricia Cline
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226112845
- ISBN 13
- 9780226112848
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. x, 271 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "traces the development in America of numeracy -- skill with numbers -- from its English origins in the seventeenth century to its diffusion and acceptance in the first half of the nineteenth century. She focuses on episodes that illustrate the scope of numeracy and that link quantification with alterations in the way Americans thought about their social, political, and economic relations." -- back cover. In Near Fine Condition: spine slightly faded; clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008236
- Title
- A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America
- Author
- Cohen, Patricia Cline
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0226112845
- ISBN 13
- 9780226112848
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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