The sum of the people :: how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age /: Andrew Whitby.

Whitby, Andrew,

The sum of the people : how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age / Andrew Whitby.

Whitby, Andrew, 1981- author.

2020

HA36 .W45 2020 (Mapit)

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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.

Author

Whitby, Andrew, 1981- author.

Edition

First edition.

ISBN

9781541619340 (hardcover)
154161934X (hardcover)

Published

New York : Basic Books, 2020.

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English

Description

ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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HA36 .W45 2020

Dewey Decimal Classification

310

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-335) and index.

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