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Mickey Mouse Numbers in World History

The Short View

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. D. C. M. Platt

    1. University of Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 1-8

  3. The Sowers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Recorders

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 11-25

    3. Governments and International Institutions

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 26-37

  4. The Reapers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. The Great Generation

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 41-53

    3. The Moderns

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 54-63

    4. Econometrics

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 64-70

    5. The ‘World System’

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      Pages 71-80

    6. Conclusion

      • D. C. M. Platt
      Pages 81-84

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 85-91
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About this book

A study of the miscalculations of the figures for "world" history employed by statistically-minded historians. It is the product, primarily, of the resources of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, aiming to show the great misuse of numbers and the fragility of the conclusions derived from them.

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  • University of Oxford, UK

    D. C. M. Platt

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