This book is the first social history of the census from its origins to the present and has become the standard history of the population census in the united states the second edition has been updated to trace census developments since 1980 including the undercount controversies the arrival of the american community survey and innovations of the digital age margo j andersons scholarly text effectively bridges the fields of history and public policy demonstrating how the census . The american census a social history anderson margo j isbn 9780300040142 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. This book published on the eve of the bicentennial of the american census is the first social history of this remarkably important institution from its origins in 1790 to the present margo. This book published on the eve of the bicentennial of the american census is the first social history of this remarkably important institution from its origins in 1790 to the present margo anderson argues that the census has always been an influential policymaking tool used not only to determine the number of representatives apportioned to each state but also to allocate tax dollars to states and in the past to define groups such as slaves and immigrants who were to be excluded from