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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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157
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #301409 |
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Title:
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Who Writes Census History
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Author(s):
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Margo Anderson*+
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Companies:
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University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Address:
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Dept of History, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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Keywords:
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Census ;
statistical policy ;
methodology ;
Historical research
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Abstract:
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Historians call it "the usable past." The paper will discuss: a) who writes census history and why, b) where and if it is disseminated (including in private papers, in census volumes, in special volumes published by the census bureau, online dissemination, and/or other books and reports published external to the census bureau), c) how such history is supported, sponsored or commissioned, and d) the uses of the history for census takers and users, and students of the history of statistics and the nation.
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