Politics, not demographics, is at the core of this book on censuses. The contributors to this volume once and for all remove the fig-leaves from census-making by historicising and contextualising a type of statistical practice that has become essential for the functioning (and u…
This dissertation consists of studies within the topics of economic mobility and educational attainment. The main groups under study are immigrants and African Americans within the U.S. Each of the three chapters use a combination of historical linked Census records, administrat…
A comparison of the political development of census questions about race, demonstrating how ideas and politics shape racial boundaries.
Invitation -- Orientation -- Transnational biological racialism -- The death and resurrection of race -- The multicultural moment -- The multiracial moment -- The future of counting by race -- Appendix A: List of interviews/archival sources
Invitation -- Orientation -- Transnational biological racialism -- The death and resurrection of race -- The multicultural moment -- The multiracial moment -- The future of counting by race -- Appendix A: List of interviews/archival sources
By examining the political development of racial classifications on the national censuses of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, 'The Schematic State' maps the changing nature of the census from an instrument historically used to manage and control racial populations t…
"By examining the political development of racial classifications on the national censuses of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, 'The Schematic State' maps the changing nature of the census from an instrument historically used to manage and control racial populations …
A comparison of the political development of census questions about race, demonstrating how ideas and politics shape racial boundaries.
