04991cam a2201021 a 4500 americancensusso0000ande CaSfIA 20250808174246.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 871110s1988 ctua ob 001 0 eng 87029828 (OCoLC)1285466638 DLC eng DLC NLM UKM MUQ NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP IAK OCLCG CUS WII BAKER GEBAY RCJ GBVCP BDX OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO FHL OCLCO OCLCQ DEBBG OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO IRCJS CSJ TWS OCLCA LUN OCLCO OCLCA CaSfIA GB8853763 bnb b8853763 9014653 DNLM 0300040148 (alk. paper) 9780300040142 (alk. paper) 0300047096 (pbk.) 9780300047097 (pbk.) ZBWT00187600 n-us--- HA37.U55 A53 1988 HA 37.U55 A548a 1988 304.6/0973 19 United States. Population 74.95 bcl 86.59 bcl 15.00 bcl MS 4200 rvk SG 590 rvk 358.53 njb/8 358.53 njb/08 Anderson, Margo J., 1945- The American census : a social history / Margo J. Anderson. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1988. 1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages : illustrations) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index. The census and the new nation: apportionment, Congress, and the progress of the United States -- Sectional crisis and census reform in the 1850s -- Counting slaves and freed Blacks: war and reconstruction by the numbers -- The census and industrial America in the Gilded Age -- Building the federal statistical system in the early twentieth century -- The tribal twenties revisited: national origins, malapportionment, and cheating by the numbers -- Counting the unemployed and the crisis of the Great Depression -- The high-tech census and the growth of the welfare state -- The 1980 census and the politics of counting -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Census costs, population and apportionment data, 1790 to 1980. This book is the first social history of the census from its origins to the present and has become the standard history of the population census in the United States. Margo J. Anderson's scholarly text effectively bridges the fields of history and public policy, demonstrating how the census both reflects the country's extraordinary demographic character and constitutes an influential tool for policy making. Her book is essential reading for all those who use census data, historical or current, in their studies or work. United States Census History. United States Population History. United States Statistical services History. United States Population. Demography. Population. United States. Bevölkerungsstatistik Sozialgeschichte USA. États-Unis Recensement Histoire. États-Unis Population Histoire. États-Unis Services statistiques Histoire. Census. fast (OCoLC)fst00850587 Population. fast (OCoLC)fst01071476 Statistical services. fast (OCoLC)fst01132083 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 United States Census History. fssh United States Population History. fssh United States Statistics History. fssh Bevölkerungsentwicklung gnd Geschichte gnd Volkszählung gnd University of South Alabama gnd Volkstellingen. gtt USA. swd 1790-1980. Geschichte 1800-1980 swd United States Population History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 https://archive.org/details/americancensusso0000ande Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL9313279M Additional information and access via Open Library americancensusso0000ande ark:/13960/t4vj86d9d