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We as American, typically lacking numerate sophistication, are often intimidated, as well as impressed by the numbers that various publications and institutions constantly feed us. Those who read a book on population are typically faced with page after page of tables and other clusters of numbers and many feel that they are entering a land that has remained foreign to them. In all versions of data assembling - whether the census, vital statistics, or surveys - information is gathered from individuals and then presented to the public concerning categories. From Persons to People offers not a collection of statistics (which might serve as a popular definition of ""demography"") but a collection of ideas.

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This relatively short collection of essays discusses a variety of topics that are related to sociological studies of demographic issues. . . . He definitely emphasizes the sociological rather than the formal demographic aspects of population studies, making his work interesting and readable for a variety of social scientists. . . . I also find the writing to be consistently interesting, provocative, and informative. . . . Petersen is extremely well informed. . . . I learned a great deal about a large number of issues in data colelction, and I could easily assign sections of the book to students if I sought interesting, well-written material with significant 'meat' to it. Certainly, students would appreciate his writing style much more than the materials . . . . produced by agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau. --Avery M. Guest, Contemporary Sociology

-This relatively short collection of essays discusses a variety of topics that are related to sociological studies of demographic issues. . . . He definitely emphasizes the sociological rather than the formal demographic aspects of population studies, making his work interesting and readable for a variety of social scientists. . . . I also find the writing to be consistently interesting, provocative, and informative. . . . Petersen is extremely well informed. . . . I learned a great deal about a large number of issues in data colelction, and I could easily assign sections of the book to students if I sought interesting, well-written material with significant 'meat' to it. Certainly, students would appreciate his writing style much more than the materials . . . . produced by agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau.- --Avery M. Guest, Contemporary Sociology This relatively short collection of essays discusses a variety of topics that are related to sociological studies of demographic issues. . . . He definitely emphasizes the sociological rather than the formal demographic aspects of population studies, making his work interesting and readable for a variety of social scientists. . . . I also find the writing to be consistently interesting, provocative, and informative. . . . Petersen is extremely well informed. . . . I learned a great deal about a large number of issues in data colelction, and I could easily assign sections of the book to students if I sought interesting, well-written material with significant 'meat' to it. Certainly, students would appreciate his writing style much more than the materials . . . . produced by agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau. --Avery M. Guest, Contemporary Sociology This relatively short collection of essays discusses a variety of topics that are related to sociological studies of demographic issues. . . . He definitely emphasizes the sociological rather than the formal demographic aspects of population studies, making his work interesting and readable for a variety of social scientists. . . . I also find the writing to be consistently interesting, provocative, and informative. . . . Petersen is extremely well informed. . . . I learned a great deal about a large number of issues in data colelction, and I could easily assign sections of the book to students if I sought interesting, well-written material with significant 'meat' to it. Certainly, students would appreciate his writing style much more than the materials . . . . produced by agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau. --Avery M. Guest, Contemporary Sociology

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William Petersen, Robert Lazarus Professor Social Demography Emeritus at Ohio State University, is widely known throughout the profession as a leading demographer.

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