Numbers from Nowhere : The American Indian Contact Population Debate

Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, David Henige illustrates the use and abuse of numerical data throughout history. He shows that extrapolation of numbers is entirely subjective, however masked it may be by arithmetic, and he questions what constitutes valid evidence in historical and scientific scholarship.

• | : David Henige
• | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 18, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 544 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0806190361
• | ISBN-13: 9780806190365