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Knowledge for Tomorrow : A Summarized Commentary of World History, Nature, Health, Religion, Organized Crime, and Inspiration for the Youth.
Quinton Douglass Crawford
Paperback - $41.95
"Questions...... Why are there so many problems on our world? Are the children of the world going to be okay? What about the other holocausts! Why is everyone getting so sick? If there is so much money in the world, why are there poor people? Why are ...
Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population
Eileen M. Crimmins
Paperback - $191.95
An Introduction to Population Second Edition
Helen Ginn Daughtery
Hardcover - $105.95
An ideal introduction to the study of population, this highly accessible textbook outlines the fundamental concepts and measurement techniques of demography.
Assuming the reader has no prior knowledge, the book begins by defining key terms and pr ...
Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Societies : Causes, Consequences, Policies
Kingsley Davis
Paperback - $128.95
This collection of eighteen papers and eleven commentaries by noted economists, demographers, and sociologists, combines systematic discussions of the demographic effects of below-replacement fertility with efforts to explain its social origins, to d ...
Population Under Duress : The Geodemography of Post-Soviet Russia
George J. Demko
Hardcover - $86.95
Scarred by war, revolution, and civil strife, twentieth-century Russia has witnessed sadly unprecedented demographic patterns of all types. The demise of the Soviet Union has brought forth new hardships that have led to increasing mortality rates, de ...
The Native Population of the Americas in 1492
William M. Denevan
Paperback - $41.95
In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologist, and geographers discuss the discrepancies in the population estimates and the evidence for the post-European decline.
The Continuing Demographic Transition
Ronald McDonald Douglas
Hardcover - $491.95
One of the most significant occurrences of this century has been the drastic decline in many countries of tragically high death and birth rates. In this collection, leading demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians examine the cause ...
The Life Table : Modelling Survival and Death
Josianne Duchene
Hardcover - $378.95
The Life Table covers various important issues in life table construction and use. G. Wunsch presents a non-technical overview of the life table in the first chapter. G. Calot and A. Franco then give a detailed account of the estimation of the probab ...
Birth and Fortune : The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare
Richard A. Easterlin
Paperback - $63.95
In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlin shows how the size of a generation--the number of persons born in a particular year--directly and indirectly affects the personal welfare of its members, the make-up and breakdown of the family, and the ...