54:30758 Heleniak,
Timothy E. Bibliography of Soviet statistical
handbooks. CIR Staff Paper, No. 42, Jun 1988. xxiii, 237 pp. U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Center for International Research: Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
"This bibliography contains references to over 2,000
Soviet statistical handbooks [concerning Soviet economy and society]
known to have been published since the mid-1950's. This is the fourth
version of such a bibliography compiled by the Center for International
Research...but the first to include national, international, and
foreign trade handbooks....References to 299 national and 136
international handbooks are included in addition to republic and
regional handbooks published since the last edition. Data on the
tirazh (number of copies) and price of each handbook also are included
in this edition. A geographical index and three summary tables have
been added...in order to make the bibliography easier to use." A list
of items that have not previously been published or that have been out
of print for many years is included.
Correspondence: Center
for International Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.
20233. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30759 McDonald,
Peter; Whithear, Deborah. Has a discipline come of age
when it can boast several competing dictionaries? Population
Index, Vol. 54, No. 2, Summer 1988. 225-34 pp. Princeton, New Jersey.
In Eng.
The authors review three recently published reference works
in demography: the International Encyclopedia of Population, edited by
John A. Ross; the Dictionary of Demography, by Roland Pressat, edited
by Christopher Wilson; and the Dictionary of Demography: Terms,
Concepts, and Institutions, by William and Renee Petersen. They also
consider what the publication of such works tells us about the
development of demography as a discipline.
For the works reviewed,
see 48:30866, 51:30827, and 53:10837.
Correspondence: P.
McDonald, Australian Institute of Family Studies, 300 Queen Street,
Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:30760 Population
Institute (Washington, D.C.). The Nairobi challenge:
global directory of women's organizations implementing population
strategy. ISBN 0-9619165-3-2. LC 87-062578. 1988. xviii, 554 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This directory is the product of a
worldwide survey of women's organizations carried out by the
Washington-based Population Institute. The purpose of the survey was
to determine the extent of such organizations' involvement with
population issues in general and reproductive health care programs in
particular. The directory is organized geographically by continent and
alphabetically within each region. It includes population,
development, and health organizations as well as women's organizations.
An index by organization is included.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:30761 Valentei,
D. I. Encyclopedic demographic dictionary.
[Demograficheskii entsiklopedicheskii slovar'.] 1985. 607 pp.
Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya: Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This is an
encyclopedic demographic dictionary covering the Soviet demographic
literature. It contains more than 1,600 entries prepared by over 270
specialists from the USSR and other Socialist countries. In contrast
to the standard reference works published in the West, this volume is
based on the Marxist-Leninist approach to the study of demography. The
subjects covered include not only demography but also relevant topics
from related disciplines.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
