Counting Americans: How the US Census Classified the Nation
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Tantor Media, Inc., 2020.
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12h 51m 0s
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English
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9781705226292

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Paul Schor., Paul Schor|AUTHOR., & Christopher Grove|READER. (2020). Counting Americans: How the US Census Classified the Nation . Tantor Media, Inc..

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By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a reflection of society or a mere instrument of power, censuses are actually complex negotiations between the state, experts, and the population itself. The census is not an administrative or scientific act, but a political one. Counting Americans is a social history exploring the political stakes that pitted various interests and groups of people against each other as population categories were constantly redefined. Utilizing new archival material from the Census Bureau, this study pays needed attention to the long arc of contested changes in race and census-making.

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