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The politics of population state formation, statistics, and the census of Canada, 1840-1875 /

"The Politics of Population provides a detailed account of the political and social context in which census making developed in Canada. It discusses census making as a political project, investigating its place in and impact on party politics and ethnic, religious, and sectional struggles. It a...

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Основен автор: Curtis, Bruce, 1950-
Формат: Електронен
Език: English
Публикувано: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002, ℗♭2001.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=468617
Подобни документи: Print version:: Politics of population.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: The 'Eyes of Politics'
  • Making up Population
  • The First Experiments
  • Numbering Names
  • Calculating Canada in the 1850s
  • Setting up the Sectarian Census
  • The 'Reality of the Representation'
  • Facts, Figures, and Fundamentalism
  • The 'Pur Sang' Census
  • Conclusion: Administering the 'Knowable Community'.