This book analyses the international development of the census by
comparing the history of census taking on all continents and in
many countries. The timeframe is wide, from male censuses in the
Bible to current censuses covering the whole population. There is a
focus on the efforts and destinies of census takers and the
development of methods used to collect information into the census
questionnaires. The book highlights international cooperation in
census taking, as well as how computerized access to census data
facilitates genealogical studies and statistical research on both
historical and contemporary societies. It deals with such questions
as "Why did the French and British gentry block efforts at census
taking in the 18th century?"; "What role did German censuses play
during Holocaust?"; Why were the Soviet census directors executed
as part of the Moscow processes?"; "Why did US states sue the
Census Bureau in the 1970s?"; "How do wars and revolutions affect
census taking?". The text ends by discussing whether the days of
the population census as we know it are numbered, since countries
exceedingly construct censuses by combining information from
population registers rather than with questionnaires.
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