The body populace : military statistics and demography in Europe before the First World War /
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The MIT Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
Publication Dates: | [2011] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English German |
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Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology
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Carrier Form: | xxiii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780262536325 0262536323 |
Index Number: | HB3581 |
CLC: |
E509 C924.5-09 |
Call Number: | C924.5-09/H333 |
Contents: | Computing military strength : the development of recruitment statistics -- From pathologies to topographies : statistics of illness within the military in new social contexts -- In the realm of the experts -- Measuring European soldiers -- New knowledge systems : statistical knowledge meets practice in the determination of fitness for military service -- Beyond the army : biologistic frameworks of interpretation -- Bibliography. |