Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them by Dan Bouk

Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them

Dan Bouk

384 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction computer science history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data.The census isn’t just a data-collection process; it’s a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid ...

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