The debate provoked by the publication of the 1871 Canadian census findings was an early instance of public attention to social scientific practice. It also raised questions of the "accuracy" of census data, a matter of current interest to social science historians. Dissatisfaction with the 1871 findings led the Montreal City Council to undertake a re-enumeration of the city in 1872. As a comparison of the results shows, the design of a census shapes all aspects of reporting and defines how "population" is configured in the results.Le débat provoqué par la publication des résultats du recensement canadien de 1871 est un exemple distant de l'intérêt des gens pour la pratique des sciences sociales. Il fut notamment question de 1'« exactitude ...
One of the central goals of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI) is to construct a se...
The purpose of the paper is to examine and discuss some of the major transformations undergone by Ca...
I examine practices of modern census making with a specific focus on Canadian censuses of population...
The debate provoked by the publication of the 1871 Canadian census findings was an early instance of...
Inspired by recent developments in social theory and based on extensive archival research, this book...
After a brief general consideration of the census, state-formation and moral regulation, together wi...
Nineteenth-century census records, particularly nominal census schedules containing detailed informa...
A major project, which is making accessible the complete unpublished data of the 1871 manuscript cen...
A census is an example of the social construction of knowledge and the politics of measurement. Meas...
I examine practices of modern census making with a specific focus on Canadian censuses of population...
This paper shows how machine learning can help historians ana-lyze and understand important social p...
While the census is sometimes understood to be an objectifying practice that constructs and makes up...
Evelyne Barbin and Yannick Marec. A Laboratory of Social Statistics: Rouen in the First Half of the ...
The authors assess the strengths and weaknesses of data relating to the work force recorded in the c...
This paper develops a theoretical approach for understanding how the census has not only played a ro...
One of the central goals of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI) is to construct a se...
The purpose of the paper is to examine and discuss some of the major transformations undergone by Ca...
I examine practices of modern census making with a specific focus on Canadian censuses of population...
The debate provoked by the publication of the 1871 Canadian census findings was an early instance of...
Inspired by recent developments in social theory and based on extensive archival research, this book...
After a brief general consideration of the census, state-formation and moral regulation, together wi...
Nineteenth-century census records, particularly nominal census schedules containing detailed informa...
A major project, which is making accessible the complete unpublished data of the 1871 manuscript cen...
A census is an example of the social construction of knowledge and the politics of measurement. Meas...
I examine practices of modern census making with a specific focus on Canadian censuses of population...
This paper shows how machine learning can help historians ana-lyze and understand important social p...
While the census is sometimes understood to be an objectifying practice that constructs and makes up...
Evelyne Barbin and Yannick Marec. A Laboratory of Social Statistics: Rouen in the First Half of the ...
The authors assess the strengths and weaknesses of data relating to the work force recorded in the c...
This paper develops a theoretical approach for understanding how the census has not only played a ro...
One of the central goals of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI) is to construct a se...
The purpose of the paper is to examine and discuss some of the major transformations undergone by Ca...
I examine practices of modern census making with a specific focus on Canadian censuses of population...