Timing History: The Introduction of Graphical Analysis in 19th Century British Economics

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_890E108AFD02
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Timing History: The Introduction of Graphical Analysis in 19th Century British Economics
Périodique
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Maas H., Morgan M.S.
ISSN
1963-1022
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2002
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
7
Pages
97-127
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The introduction of time-series graphs into British economics in the 19th century depended on the « timing » of history. This involved reconceptualizing history into events which were both comparable and measurable and standardized by time unit. Yet classical economists in Britain in the early 19th century viewed history as a set of heterogenous and complex events and statistical tables as giving unrelated facts. Both these attitudes had to be broken down before time-series graphs could be brought into use for revealing regularities in economic events by the century's end.
Mots-clé
time graphs, history of statistics, causation in history, 19th century british economics
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