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[An] exceptionally well-crafted book...Illuminating and richly detailed. -Paul Starr, The New Republic An important volume...This thoughtful, original, and felicitous book deserves a broad audience. -Michael Kammen, Journal of American History A classic study...This elegant cultural history of how numbers became America's most powerful signs, both for reasoning and persuasion, is crucial for understanding the transformation of 19th-century America. -Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut

[An] exceptionally well-crafted book...Illuminating and richly detailed. -- Paul Starr, The New Republic An important volume...This thoughtful, original, and felicitous book deserves a broad audience. -- Michael Kammen, Journal of American History A classic study...This elegant cultural history of how numbers became America's most powerful signs, both for reasoning and persuasion, is crucial for understanding the transformation of 19th-century America. -- Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut

[An] exceptionally well-crafted book...Illuminating and richly detailed. <br>-Paul Starr, The New Republic <br> An important volume...This thoughtful, original, and felicitous book deserves a broad audience. <br>-Michael Kammen, Journal of American History <br> A classic study...This elegant cultural history of how numbers became America's most powerful signs, both for reasoning and persuasion, is crucial for understanding the transformation of 19th-century America. <br>-Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut <br>

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Patricia Cline Cohen is 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).

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