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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.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781541619340
- ISBN: 154161934X
- Physical Description: ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Where counting really counts -- The book of numbers -- Political arithmetic -- A punch photograph -- Paper people -- A world census -- The uncounted -- The transparent citizen. |
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| Subject: | Statistical services. Census. Political statistics. Population > Statistics. Census. Census. |
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| Homer Public Library | 310 WHI (Text) | 000158752 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
The Sum of the People : How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age
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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 is an economist and data scientist with a PhD in econometrics from the University of Oxford. Most recently, he worked in the development data group of the World Bank, where he was coeditor of the Atlas of the Sustainable Development Goals . He lives in Brooklyn.
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