Ethnicity Counts |
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| Author:
| Petersen, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-4957-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.95 |
Book Description:
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William Petersen describes how ethnic identity is determined and how ethnic or racial units are counted by official statistical agencies. He argues that the general public is overly impressed by assertions about ethnicity, particularly if they are supported by numbers and graphs. Ethnicity Counts offers an indispensible background to meaningful interpretation of statistics on ethnicity, and will be important to sociologists, historians, policymakers, and government officials.
William Petersen describes how ethnic identity is determined and how ethnic or racial units are counted by official statistical agencies. He argues that the general public is overly impressed by assertions about ethnicity, particularly if they are supported by numbers and graphs. Ethnicity Counts offers an indispensible background to meaningful interpretation of statistics on ethnicity, and will be important to sociologists, historians, policymakers, and government officials.