Population Information in Twentieth Century Census; Volumes: 1950-1980

Schulze, Suzanne

ISBN 10: 0897744004 / ISBN 13: 9780897744003

Published by Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, 1988

About this Item

Format is approximately 8.625 inches by 11.25 inches. viii, [2], 317, [1] pages. Map. How to Use this Book. No dust jacket present. Pencil notation--Sue Schulze personal copy. Illustration inside covers and end papers. Front end pages--Guide to Volumes 1950, 1960 and 1970. Rear end pages is Guide to Volumes 1980. How to use this book. Includes population information from the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth decennial censuses. Also includes terminology used in this volumes; States and outlying areas in 1950-1980 census volumes; subjects of questionnaire items on 1950-1980 decennial censuses; Bibliography, and availability of Census materials. From an obituary found on-line: Sue Schulze was born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 14, 1922. She attended the University of Michigan and earned master's degrees in political science and library science. She became a professional archivist and government documents librarian, retiring from a tenured professorship at the University of Northern Colorado in 1989. She published the definitive works on the vast information available in 19th and 20th Century US censuses. She also became a leading expert on Horace Greeley. She helped edit massive University of Michigan yearbooks, served on the Rhode Island board of the American Civil Liberties Union, was president of the Joint Legislative Council of Rhode Island, and was appointed by the Governor to the Rhode Island House of Representatives reapportionment commission. The intent of this volume is to call attention to and provide better access to the enormous amount of valuable research material in the U.S. Census. Since there had up to the time of this publication been no overall index except for the Dubester Catalogue to the contents of published decennial reports,these reports have gone largely unused even by many who believed there might be some useful for their needs. The process for developing this guide involved going through each census volume page by page and to match the subjects covered in each table with those already established in the two earlier guides. The subjects have remained very much the same, and those listed on the end pages of this book are very nearly identical to those of the other two volumes. Census data collection and processing procedures are complex; census data products are voluminous, varying in format and content; glossaries associated with census programs and tabulations are unique. Reference publications using census data are published by individuals or organizations offering academic, business, and practical approaches. Although there are many types of reference publications, they tend to generally fall into the following categories: catalogs, guides, and indexes. The U.S. Census Bureau is the leading source of statistical information about the people in the United States. The population statistics come from decennial censuses, which count the entire U.S. population every ten years, along with several other surveys.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Population Information in Twentieth Century Census; Volumes: 1950-1980
• Publisher: Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897744004
• ISBN 13: 9780897744003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Linda Archer (designer of end pages)
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This third volume completes the set: a group of references covering the twenty decennial censuses of the nation's first two centuries. Covers the last four censuses. End tables on the inside covers allow researchers to determine which decennial censuses contain the information sought. A description and analysis of the contents of each census volume, a glossary of terms, a bibliography, and citation of the availabilty of census materials are included. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.