The Washington State Census Board and Its Demographic Legacy
This book tells the story of how a group of far-sighted, academic researchers came to the aid of an overwhelmed local government. It details the history of the Washington State Census Board, which began in 1943 as part of an emergency measure during a mas
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David A. Swanson
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SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
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David A. Swanson
The Washington State Census Board and Its Demographic Legacy
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David A. Swanson Department of Sociology University of California Riverside USA
ISSN 2211-3215 ISSN 2211-3223 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Population Studies ISBN 978-3-319-25947-5 ISBN 978-3-319-25948-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25948-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015954599 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
For the world’s leading democracy, the USA and all of us (Americans) are, in general, very poorly informed about our government and how it works. Some common misconceptions include: – Problems are simple. (I believe, on the contrary, that any proposed solution to a problem that begins with “all ya gotta do is…” is wrong.) – Bureaucrats are stupid and lazy. Who needs ‘em? – Government would be better if it stuck to just a few big things and left the rest to us. – Get rid of all the non-essentials, which included everything the government does that you never heard of. (Most of which are not only important, but essential.) – Government cannot do anything right. Well I could go on—but so could you. We have all said these things in times of exasperation—usually when our real target is our politicians, not the government per se. This book—which is not designed to deal with any of these things—in fact deals with them all—indirectly, but effectively. Its topic is very simple: How do we keep track of how many of us are there. How do we count Americans, or Californians, or Seattleites or the size of next year’s freshman class that our high school has to b
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