- PII
- S0869-54150000376-6-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000376-6-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 1
- Pages
- 40-55
- Abstract
- The article examines the census categories that were employed in order to represent the ethnic and racial diversity of Belize, as well as the social and historical context in which the censuses were held, and their political and social impact. How was the notion of “diversity” (national, religious, “racial”, ethnic, etc.) changing over time? How was the population diversity taken, or not taken, into account in designing social control mechanisms? What political, social, or ideological motivations underlay the decision-making? Who was responsible for designing the tools and categories of description for censuses? What goals did they pursue? How were those tools and goals changing within the altering political and institutional frameworks (colony, self-regulated territory, independent state)?
- Keywords
- Belize, population census, ethnic-racial categories, creoles, mestizos, Maya, Garifuna
- Date of publication
- 28.10.2025
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 511
RAS History & PhilologyЭтнографическое обозрение Ethno review
- ISSN (Print) 0869-5415
- ISSN (Online) 3034-6274
Description or Prescription? Ethnic-Racial Categories in Population Censuses of Belize in the 19th–20th Centuries and Their Political Uses
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