The Politics of Population : State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840-1875 /

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Curtis, Bruce, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bevolkingsstatistiek.
Volkstellingen.
Volkszählung
Bevölkerungsstatistik
Statistical services.
Census.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Kanada
Canada.
Canada > Services statistiques > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Canada > Recensement > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Canada > Statistical services > History > 19th century.
Canada > Census > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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'.

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