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Counting Americans : how the US Census classified the nation / Paul Schor ; translated by Lys Ann Weiss.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schor, Paul, author.
Contributor:
Weiss, Lys Ann, translator.
Standardized Title:
Compter et classer. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Race--Classification--History.
Race.
Ethnicity--United States--Classification--History.
Ethnicity.
United States--Census--History.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (377 pages)
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Summary:
By telling how the US census classified and divided Americans by race and origin from the founding of the United States to World War II, this text shows how public statistics have been used to create an unequal representation of the nation.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-067084-3
0-19-067085-1
0-19-991786-8

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