Census and Identity - The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses (Paperback)

This study examines the ways that states have attempted to pigeon-hole the people within their boundaries into racial, ethnic, and language categories. These attempts, whether through American efforts to divide the U.S. population into mutually exclusive racial categories, or through the Soviet system of inscribing nationality categories on internal passports, have important implications not only for people's own identities and life chances, but for national political and social processes as well. The book reviews the history of these categorizing efforts by the state, offers a theoretical context for examining them, and illustrates the case with studies from a range of countries.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Perspectives on Anthropological and Social Demography
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	2002
Editors:	David I Kertzer • Dominique Arel
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-00427-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-521-00427-6
Barcode:	9780521004275

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