Readings in Civil SociologyEdward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman World book Company, 1926 - 398 pages |
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... direct result of the expansion of a new nation by an extremely virile and fertile race . At the First Census , 1790 , chil- dren under the age of 16 averaged almost exactly three per white family . This surprisingly high proportion ...
... direct result of the expansion of a new nation by an extremely virile and fertile race . At the First Census , 1790 , chil- dren under the age of 16 averaged almost exactly three per white family . This surprisingly high proportion ...
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... direct result of the great influx of immigrants from 1900 to 1910 - a num- ber in the aggregate so large as to raise the rate of population increase shown in 1910 and thus to be capable of overcoming for the decade the general tendency ...
... direct result of the great influx of immigrants from 1900 to 1910 - a num- ber in the aggregate so large as to raise the rate of population increase shown in 1910 and thus to be capable of overcoming for the decade the general tendency ...
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... ( UNITED STATES ) SHIRE ) Native White Total Population Single Married Widowed • 24.5 28.8 66.7 60.4 25.4 62.2 8.8 110.7 1 12.2 1 Includes divorced . A direct comparison between the New Hampshire census and the The Trend of Population 11.
... ( UNITED STATES ) SHIRE ) Native White Total Population Single Married Widowed • 24.5 28.8 66.7 60.4 25.4 62.2 8.8 110.7 1 12.2 1 Includes divorced . A direct comparison between the New Hampshire census and the The Trend of Population 11.
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Edward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman. A direct comparison between the New Hampshire census and the 1920 figures is perhaps best obtained by using the native white group for 1920 , since the total population includes the ...
Edward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman. A direct comparison between the New Hampshire census and the 1920 figures is perhaps best obtained by using the native white group for 1920 , since the total population includes the ...
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... direct the business of farming . Our census statistics classify farmers into these four groups , and in the census of 1920 croppers in the Southern States , who supply no work animals and in most cases are laborers paid by a part of the ...
... direct the business of farming . Our census statistics classify farmers into these four groups , and in the census of 1920 croppers in the Southern States , who supply no work animals and in most cases are laborers paid by a part of the ...
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