A Calculating People The Spread of Numeracy in Early America [Paperback]

Now back in print, A Calculating Peoplereveals how numeracy profoundly shaped the character of society in the early republic and provides a wholly original perspective on the development of modern America.Patricia Cline Cohenis Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of aProstitute in 19th Century New York(1998).