Regímenes e instrumentos de medición: Las medidas de los cuerpos y del territorio nacional en el siglo XIX en México.

Today, we live in a quantified world made out of physical and social measurements, administered by states and sciences, based upon the implicit assumption that numerical measures ensure the elimination of the peculiarities and the whims of those who measure and of that which is measured. But, how is...

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Main Author: Laura Cházaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2008-01-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/14052