ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|34 pages

Colonial Counting

chapter 3|35 pages

Patterns and Providence

chapter 4|34 pages

Republican Arithmetic

chapter 5|25 pages

Statistics and the State

chapter 6|30 pages

The Census of 1840

chapter |22 pages

Conclusion