A Cultural History of the British Census: Envisioning the Multitude in the Nineteenth Century

By Kathrin Levitan

Book Overview

A National Undertaking': Taking the Census The Census and Surplus The Census and Political Representation Urban Growth, Urban Problems, and the Census Marriage, the Family, and the Nation 'Sprung from Ourselves: " Counting Race at Home and in the Colonies' Challenges and Alternatives to the Census

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349298247
• ISBN13: 9781349298242
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"