1931Event
Census and enumeration remain politically sensitive
Colonial population counts were administratively useful but locally sensitive because enumeration was linked to tax, labor, and authority.
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1931
Census and enumeration remain politically sensitive
Colonial population counts were administratively useful but locally sensitive because enumeration was linked to tax, labor, and authority.
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Colonial population counts were administratively useful but locally sensitive because enumeration was linked to tax, labor, and authority. Such suspicion later echoed in postcolonial census politics.
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