
What is your race?: |
Subtitle:
the census and our flawed efforts to classify Americans.
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Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Social Science > Sociology
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Author:
Prewitt, Kenneth
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691157030
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Price:
USD $29.95.
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
Princeton University Press. InquiryBook Description
In one of the best discussions of the social construction of race and the US Census Bureau's role in that social construction that this reviewer has seen, Prewitt (public affairs, Columbia) goes way beyond the typical discussion by demonstrating the policy implications of the social construction and shifting definitions of race. In particular, he argues that the census categories, as innocuous as they seem, shape not only policy but also the very definitions and understandings of race that people use in everyday life.
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