Counting Americans

Counting Americans
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9780199917853
ISBN-13 : 019991785X
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Download or read book Counting Americans written by Paul Schor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By telling how the US census classified and divided Americans by race and origin from the founding of the United States to World War II, this text shows how public statistics have been used to create an unequal representation of the nation


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