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Counting Americans : how the US Census classified the nation /

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Tracing the evolutions of the categories used by the US census to classify Americans from the first census (1790) to 1940, this book shows the centrality of power relations and of racial ideologies in census-taking, with an emphasis on slavery, segregation, and immigration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schor, Paul (Author)
Other Authors: Weiss, Lys Ann (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
United States > Census.
Race > Classification > History.
Ethnicity > United States > Classification > History.
Race > Classification > Histoire.
Ethnicité > États-Unis > Classification > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Statistics.
Census
Ethnicity > Classification
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Tracing the evolutions of the categories used by the US census to classify Americans from the first census (1790) to 1940, this book shows the centrality of power relations and of racial ideologies in census-taking, with an emphasis on slavery, segregation, and immigration.
Item Description:Originally published as: Compter et classer : Histoire des recensements américains by Paul Schor, Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, 2009.
Translated from the French.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 356 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199917860
0199917868
019991785X
9780199917853
9780190670856
0190670851
9780190670849
0190670843