Demography is destiny. The framers of the Constitution recognized this when they mandated for the first time in history that a census be conducted at regular intervals, and that representation in the lower house of Congress be based on its results. The growth that the Census Bureau has reported over the ensuing two centuries has been unique among nations: from 3.9 million in 1790, mostly clustered along the Atlantic coastline, to 50 million in 1880, 100 million in 1915, 200 million in 1967 and now 300 million in October 2006.
Monday, September 25, 2006
The Growth of a United States of America, a model for all nations
The Growth of a Nation by Michael Barone
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment