A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America - Paperback

by Patricia Cline Cohen (Author)

Now back in print, A Calculating People reveals how numeracy profoundly shaped the character of society in the early republic and provides a wholly original perspective on the development of modern America.

Author Biography

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).