A Cultural History of the British Census [electronic resource] : Envisioning the Multitude in the Nineteenth Century /
Levitan, K.author.
The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- "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 * Counting Race: the Census in Metropole and Colonies * Challenges and Alternatives to the Census.
The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Great Britain—History.
History, Modern.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.