Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate

Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate Henige David Wydawca: University of Oklahoma Press Data wydania: 2022 ISBN: 9780806190365 Liczba stron: 544 Format: 151 x 229 x 36 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, David Henige illustrates the use and abuse of numerical data throughout history. He shows that extrapolation of numbers is entirely subjective, however masked it may be by arithmetic, and he questions what constitutes valid evidence in historical and scientific scholarship.