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The sum of the people : how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age / Andrew Whitby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitby, Andrew, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Census.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 356 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- A 3,000-year history of the census chronicles the practices of the ancient world through the Supreme Court rulings of today, examining how censuses have been used as tools of democracy, exclusion and mass surveillance.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Book Of Numbers p. 23
- Chapter 2 Political Arithmetic p. 55
- Chapter 3 A Punch Photograph p. 95
- Chapter 4 Paper People p. 131
- Chapter 5 R World Census p. 175
- Chapter 6 The Uncounted p. 217
- Chapter 7 The Transparent Citizen p. 254.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781541619340
- 154161934X
- OCLC:
- 1140116172
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