Population & demography books

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Cracking the Sky: A History of Rocket Science in South Africa

Cracking the Sky: A History of Rocket Science in South...

Author: Desmond Prout-Jones
ISBN: 9781868882038
Format: Paperback
$61.97

This is the account of a young boy's dream to launch a rocket into the air which eventually led to the making of...  Read More >>

Realms of Exile: Nomadism, Diasporas, and Eastern European Voices

Realms of Exile: Nomadism, Diasporas, and Eastern European...

Author: Domnica Radulescu ,  Maria Louise Ascher
ISBN: 9780739103333
Format: Hardback
$137.28

This title brings together authors writing on diverse themes of Eastern European exile. It defines the experiential...  Read More >>

The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is Not a Social Problem

The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is...

Author: Phil Mullan ,  Professor Frank Furedi (Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, UK)
ISBN: 9781860647789
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Economic slowdown in industrialised countries will be caused by an ageing population, where there will be a marked...  Read More >>

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Author: Claitors Publishing Division
ISBN: 9781579807573
Format: Paperback
$100.32

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Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized

Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia:...

Author: Andrew Mason
ISBN: 9780804743228
Format: Paperback
$54.95

The fifteen essays in this volume address from several viewpoints the question of what role population change played...  Read More >>

Prophesy Deliverance!: An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity

Prophesy Deliverance!: An Afro-American Revolutionary...

Author: Cornel West
ISBN: 9780664223434
Format: Paperback
$66.00

In this, his premiere work, Cornel West provides readers with a new understanding of the African American experience...  Read More >>

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Author: Claitors Publishing Division
ISBN: 9781579807580
Format: Hardback
$126.72

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Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized

Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia:...

Author: Andrew Mason
ISBN: 9780804743037
Format: Hardback
$54.95

The fifteen essays in this volume address from several viewpoints the question of what role population change played...  Read More >>

Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1999

Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa,...

Author: Justin Willis (Person)
ISBN: 9780852554715
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This is the first general history of alcohol and drinking in East Africa.  Read More >>

Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century

Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century

Author: Sylvia T. Wargon
ISBN: 9780774808187
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Focusing on the period from 1913 to 1995, this book offers a social and institutional account of the evolution of...  Read More >>

Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators 2001

Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators 2001

Author: Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development Oecd
ISBN: 9789664186749
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Social policy covers a great number of issues, which do not stand on their own but, as is increasingly recognized,...  Read More >>

Six Billion and Counting: Population Growth and Food Security in the 21st Century

Six Billion and Counting: Population Growth and Food...

Author: Klaus M. Leisinger ,  Karin Schmitt
ISBN: 9780896297050
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Despite advances in family health and planning, the global population has continued to grow by around 80 million...  Read More >>

One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700–2000

One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese...

Author: James Z. Lee ,  Wang Feng
ISBN: 9780674007093
Format: Paperback
$72.95

This book presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of...  Read More >>

Population, Gender and Development: A Concise Report

Population, Gender and Development: A Concise Report...

Author: United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs
ISBN: 9789211513479
Format: Paperback
$17.95

This report provides a summary of selected aspects of population, gender and development. It includes a historical...  Read More >>

Fertility and Family Surveys in Countries of the ECE Region: Standard Country Report

Fertility and Family Surveys in Countries of the ECE...

Author: Jitka Rychtarikova ,  Jaroslav Kraux
ISBN: 9789211167870
Format: Paperback
$38.95

Partnership and reproductive behaviour patterns have undergone major shifts over much of Europe and North America...  Read More >>

Urban Transformations: Power, People and Urban Design

Urban Transformations: Power, People and Urban Design...

Author: Ian Bentley
ISBN: 9780415128247
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Introduces contemporary approaches to urban transformation, encompassing both production and consumption and exploring...  Read More >>

The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can’t Make Us Happy

The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can’t Make Us Happy...

Author: David Boyle
ISBN: 9780006531999
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Measuring matters, but what does it mean? A fun and erudite exploration of how men have attempted, and still attempt,...  Read More >>

Danish Population History, 1600-1939

Danish Population History, 1600-1939

Author: Hans Christian Johansen
ISBN: 9788778387257
Format: Paperback
$87.12

Presents an account of the country's population developing in the centuries before and during the demographic transition....  Read More >>

Evolution of the Danish Population from 1835 to 2000

Evolution of the Danish Population from 1835 to 2000...

Author: Kirill F Andreev
ISBN: 9788778387165
Format: Hardback
$39.59

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Education in the New Latino Diaspora: Policy and the Politics of Identity

Education in the New Latino Diaspora: Policy and the...

Author: Stanton E.F. Wortham ,  Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.
ISBN: 9781567506310
Format: Paperback
$66.99

Describes how many Latino families are settling in areas where there has been little Latino presence. This New Latino...  Read More >>

Managing Reproductive Life: Cross-Cultural Themes in Fertility and Sexuality

Managing Reproductive Life: Cross-Cultural Themes in...

Author: Soraya Tremayne ,  Soraya Tremayne
ISBN: 9781571813176
Format: Paperback
$66.00

In 1999, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford held a workshop on the social...  Read More >>

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