American Census A Social History

Name: American Census A Social History
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ISBN: 9780300047097

ISBN-10: 0300047096

ISBN-13: 9780300047097

Edition: N/A

Authors: Margo J. Anderson

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This book, published on the eve of the bicentennial of the American census, is the first social history of this remarkably important institution, from its origins in 1790 to the present. Margo Anderson argues that the census has always been an influential policymaking tool, used not only to determine the number of representatives apportioned to each state but also to allocate tax dollars to states, and, in the past, to define groups-such as slaves and immigrants-who were to be excluded from the American polity. As a history of the census, this study is a delight. It is thoroughly researched and richly detailed. Anderson is to be commended for covering such an expansive chronology with such…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.74" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Margo J. Anderson is a Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and has published several books on the U.S. Census.