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A history of the modern fact: Problems of knowledge in the sciences of wealth and society: By Mary Poovey. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (1998). 419 pages. $49.00, £39.25 (cloth); $17.00, £13.50 (paper)

Book ID: 108460004
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 99 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0898-1221
DOI: 10.1016/s0898-1221(99)90289-4

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