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Barcode	30293101864515
Location	Clark County
Call No	310.9 Whit
Title	The sum of the people : how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age / Andrew Whitby.
Author	Whitby, Andrew, 1981- author.
Collection	NF
Total Circ	0
NumReserves	0

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Location	Barcode	Call No	Created On	Issue Name	Circ Status	Temp Loc
Clark County	30293101864515	310.9 Whit	10/16/2020		Available	Clark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number	9781541619340 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number	154161934X (hardcover)
Personal Name	Whitby, Andrew, 1981- author.
Title Statement	The sum of the people : how the census has shaped nations, from the ancient world to the modern age / Andrew Whitby.
Edition Statement	First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice	New York : Basic Books, 2020.
Physical Description	ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-335) and index.
Formatted Contents Note	Prologue: Where counting really counts -- The book of numbers -- Political arithmetic -- A punch photograph -- Paper people -- A world census -- The uncounted -- The transparent citizen.
Summary, Etc.	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.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Census.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Statistical services.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Political statistics.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Population Statistics.

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