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Population and Society brings together 25 classic and recently published works, considered foundational reading for the study of humán population and society. The book is divided into seven sections with concise introductory overviews by the editor, Frank Trovato. Section 1 examines the history of the humán population, with a view to the past, present, and future as reflected in population projections and expert speculation. Malthusian and Marxist perspectives on population and its relationship to resources, environment, and society are presented in Section 2. In Sections 3 and 4, attention shifts to explanations of mortality and fertility transitions and differentials across industrialized and developing nations. Age composition, population aging, and their interrelationships with social structure are covered in Section 5. Section 6 looks at matters pertaining to internál... Tovább

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Population and Society brings together 25 classic and recently published works, considered foundational reading for the study of humán population and society. The book is divided into seven sections with concise introductory overviews by the editor, Frank Trovato. Section 1 examines the history of the humán population, with a view to the past, present, and future as reflected in population projections and expert speculation. Malthusian and Marxist perspectives on population and its relationship to resources, environment, and society are presented in Section 2. In Sections 3 and 4, attention shifts to explanations of mortality and fertility transitions and differentials across industrialized and developing nations. Age composition, population aging, and their interrelationships with social structure are covered in Section 5. Section 6 looks at matters pertaining to internál migration and urbanization, featuring both global and régiónál perspectives, and alsó international migration trends and theories. Population policy issues are discussed in the final section. Offering an international perspective, this collection will prove fundamental in a variety of related studies: socioeconomic development and change; methods and models; social structure and change; aging and gerontology; humán diversity; globalization; regionalism; humán ecology; and geography. Carl Haub; John Cleland; Willíam Petersen; Náthán Keyfitz; S. Jay Olshansky and A. Brian Ault; K.G. Manton and Burton Singer; Joachim S. Kibirige; John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldyvell; Thomas T. Perls and Ruth C. Fretts; Richárd G. Wílkinson; John Bongaarts and Róbert G. Potter; Kingsley Davis; John C. Caldwell; Ron Lesthaeghe and Johan Surkyn; Nancy Folbre; Lincoln H. Day; Bryant Robey, Shea O. Rutstein, and Leo Morris; Ansley J. Coale; Peter G. Peterson; Wilbur Zelinsky; Terence G. McGee and C.J. Griffiths; Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller; Douglas S. Massey, Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugó, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor; Gary P Freeman; Malcolm Potts. is Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta, where he teaches introductory and advanced courses in demography and population studies. Vissza