Use and Misuse of the United States Census: The Role of Data in the Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

by Margo Anderson and William Seltzer

The U.S. government conducts a population census every 10 years, adds up the counts by geographic location, and uses the resulting numbers in formulas to allocate seats in the House of Representative and Electoral College, and to make public funding and tax decisions. It has served as an essential tool of representative democracy since 1790. The raw data from the census also serve as a decennial snapshot of the nation, a very long list, organized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031386183
• ISBN13: 9783031386183
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"