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Book

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

Call Number

  • 304.6 W579 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Basic Books, 2020.

Physical Description

ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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

  • 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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