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@article{ Behrisch2016,
 title = {Statistics and politics in the 18th century},
 author = {Behrisch, Lars},
 journal = {Historical Social Research},
 number = {2},
 pages = {238-257},
 volume = {41},
 year = {2016},
 issn = {0172-6404},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.238-257},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-468699},
 abstract = {The article first gives an overview over the early history of statistics in politics, and then zooms in on the first attempts at establishing a nationwide agrarian statistics in pre-revolutionary France. Attention is given to the obstacles as well as to the long-term successes in standardizing and quantifying agrarian productivity. The corresponding learning experience, both in terms of concepts and practice, was a condition for the institutionalization of statistics in the early nineteenth century. It had its roots in the secular-utilitarian agenda of "enlightened absolutism" and its focus on a systematic and state-sponsored relaunch of the national economy. (author's abstract)},
 keywords = {agricultural production; historische Entwicklung; Physiokratismus; France; Agrarproduktion; quantification; politische Ökonomie; eighteenth century; political economy; Frankreich; physiocratism; 18. Jahrhundert; statistics; historical development; Statistik; Quantifizierung}}