Bouk, Dan, 1980-

Democracy's data : the hidden stories in the U.S. census and how to read them / Dan Bouk. - First edition. - New York : MCD : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. - 362 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stories in the data -- The question men -- Names and negotiations -- Partners -- Counting with friends -- Silences and white supremacy -- Uncle Sam v. Senator Tobey -- The inventory and the arsenal -- The data's depths.

"A lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data"--

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Democracy--United States.


United States--History.--Census


Census data.
Instructional and educational works.

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