Works of a general and comprehensive nature. Studies that are limited to well-defined problems of demography are cited under the relevant topic and are cross-referenced to this division, if appropriate.
Comprehensive, book-length surveys of the present status of demography and its principal branches, including the historical development of these studies, analytical studies of demography as a whole, and global population studies.
64:20001 Pullen, John M.; Parry, Trevor
H. T. R. Malthus: the unpublished papers in the collection
of Kanto Gakuen University. Volume 1. ISBN 0-521-58138-9. LC
97-24192. 1997. xxiv, 140 pp. Cambridge University Press: New York, New
York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This book is the first of
two volumes comprising a collection of manuscripts by or relating to
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), recently discovered in the estate of
a distant nephew, consisting of correspondence, sermons, essays and
lecture notes on political economy and history, some over 200 years
old. The manuscripts provide insights into Malthus' personal
life--especially his relationships with his parents and his tutors.
They also give details of the books he studied as a student, and
suggest hitherto unknown influences on his intellectual development.
They suggest a solution to the question of who or what influenced him
to omit the controversial theological chapters from later editions of
his Essay on Population; and his sermons present further evidence of
his religious views."
Correspondence: Cambridge
University Press, Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20002 Sagrera, Martín.
Sex, population, and policies: facts and ideologies. [Sexo,
población y política: hechos e ideologías.] ISBN
84-86575-58-3. 1996. 110 pp. A-Z Ediciones: Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
This is a general study on the global population problem. There are
chapters on the growth of global population, demographic aging, the
sociology of sexuality and population, sex and religion in history, why
the Catholic church opposes birth control, abortion, and leftist
Marxism and birth control.
Correspondence: A-Z Ediciones,
Espronceda 20, 28003 Madrid, Spain. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20003 Thumerelle, Pierre-Jean.
The populations of the world. [Les populations du monde.]
Série Géographie, ISBN 2-09-190224-1. 1996. 384 pp.
Editions Nathan: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a general analysis
of global population trends, the focus being on the demographic
transition and the regional population differences due to the varied
pace and timing of that transition around the world. The first part of
the book looks at the influence of time and space on the demographic
transition, and includes sections on the discontinuities in global
population dynamics, the contrast between underpopulated and
overpopulated regions, and the trend toward greater concentrations of
people in some areas. The second part looks at regional population
trends, including demographic stagnation and aging in Europe and
Russia, the proliferation and youthfulness of Sub-Saharan Africa's
population, the convergence of populations in Asia toward a common
pattern, and trends in the rest of the world.
Correspondence:
Editions Nathan, 9 rue Méchain, 75676 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Short (fewer than 100 pages), general works on population and global population studies. Items on activities of research institutions in demography are also included.
Discussions of the main principles of demography and population theory not applied to actual data, including such concepts as Malthusianism, the demographic transition, overpopulation, optimum population, and stable and stationary population models as distinct from methodological studies and models using data, which are classified under N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models.
64:20004 Blackorby, Charles; Bossert, Walter;
Donaldson, David. Uncertainty and critical-level
population principles. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 11,
No. 1, Feb 1998. 1-20 pp. Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
"This paper
analyzes variable-population social-evaluation principles in a
framework where outcomes are uncertain. We provide characterizations of
expected-utility versions of critical-level generalized utilitarian
rules. These principles evaluate lotteries over possible states of the
world on the basis of the sum of the expected values of differences
between transformed utility levels and a transformed critical level,
conditional on the agents' being alive in the states under
consideration. Equivalently, the critical-level utilitarian value
functions applied to weighted individual expected utilities can be
employed. Weights are determined by the anonymity
axiom."
Correspondence: C. Blackorby, University of
British Columbia, Department of Economics, Vancouver, British Columbia
V6T 1Z1, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20005 Kuburovic, Ankica.
Population reproduction in the works of Svetozar Markovic.
[Stavovi o reprodukciji stanovnistva u delima Svetozara Markovica.]
Stanovnistvo, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1997. 131-48 pp. Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
"Svetozar Markovic
explains in his works that population reproduction should be analyzed
as an important social issue.... In line with...socialist and Marxist
concepts, Markovic analyzes the components and population growth
dynamics as well as the deterministic base of the reproduction
model.... A basic precondition for the creation of more humane
conditions for population reproduction lies in the process of
emancipation of women and an improvement of its social status in the
economic, political and cultural sense."
Correspondence:
A. Kuburovic, Instituta Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za Demografska
Istrazivanja, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20006 Lavely, William; Wong, R.
Bin. Revising the Malthusian narrative: the comparative
study of population dynamics in late imperial China. Seattle
Population Research Center Working Paper, No. 98-5, Feb 1998. [42] pp.
University of Washington, Seattle Population Research Center: Seattle,
Washington. In Eng.
"Ever since Malthus, it has been
conventional to cast the Chinese and European pre-industrial
demographic systems as opposing archetypes.... In this article, drawing
on both old and new evidence on demography and economy in late imperial
times, we challenge this conventional dichotomy and its empirical
underpinnings."
Correspondence: Seattle Population
Research Center, c/o University of Washington, Center for Studies in
Demography and Ecology, Department of Sociology DK-40, Seattle, WA
98195. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20007 Namboodiri, Krishnan.
Study of India's fertility transition: some issues.
Janasamkhya, Vol. 12, No. 1-2, 1994. 1-16 pp. Kariavattom, India. In
Eng.
"The pre-1950 version of the demographic transition
theory is used as a point of departure to examine the debate over the
suitability of `structural-change' hypotheses to account for fertility
transitions. Attention is given to the question whether the so-called
diffusion hypotheses and cultural explanations are competitive winners
over structural explanations, as has often been claimed recently."
The geographical focus is on India.
Correspondence: K.
Namboodiri, Ohio State University, Department of Sociology, 300 Bricker
Hall, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1353. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20008 Price, David. Of
population and false hopes: Malthus and his legacy. Population and
Environment, Vol. 19, No. 3, Jan 1998. 205-19 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
The author discusses the work of Malthus and its impact on
future research and theory. Changes in the availability of demographic
information are considered.
Correspondence: D. Price,
Cornell University, Center for the Environment, Ithaca, NY 14853-5601.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Interdisciplinary studies of demographic problems and studies of the interaction of demography with other disciplines. This coding is also used for reports, studies, and surveys from other disciplines that include information of demographic interest.
64:20009 Berlinguer, Giovanni.
Population, ethics, and equity. [Popolazione, etica ed
equità.] Genus, Vol. 53, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun 1997. 13-35 pp. Rome,
Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
"Demography is,
explicitly and not, imbued with an [ethical] content.... As demography
involves both public policies and individual choices, the [ethical]
slant should be [examined]. Thus, what we have on the one hand is an
[ethical] state, which dictates its citizens' personal behaviour and,
on the other, a state based on liberty, backed up by three shared
values: human rights, pluralism and equality. This article looks at how
today these may be reinterpreted when making decisions regarding the
population."
Correspondence: G. Berlinguer,
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di
Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, p.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20010 Meekers, Dominique; Ahmed,
Ghyasuddin. Adolescent sexuality in Southern Africa:
cultural norms and contemporary behaviour. In: International
Population Conference/Congrès International de la Population:
Beijing, 1997, Volume 2. 1997. 759-80 pp. International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liège, Belgium. In Eng.
"This paper briefly reviews the ethnographic literature on the
cultural and religious norms about sexual behaviour among the Tswana of
Botswana, describes patterns of sexual behaviour and discusses
explanations for the deviations from the traditional norms using data
from the 1995 Population Services International Botswana Adolescent
Reproductive Health Survey in conjunction with recent focus group
discussions conducted in Botswana."
Correspondence: D.
Meekers, Population Services International, 1120 Nineteenth Street NW,
Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20011 Micklin, Michael; Poston, Dudley
L. Continuities in sociological human ecology. Plenum
Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, ISBN
0-306-45610-9. LC 97-38054. 1998. xvi, 373 pp. Plenum Press: New York,
New York. In Eng.
This book is a product of a conference held at
Cornell University in the fall of 1990 to celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of the publication of Amos Hawley's "Human
Ecology". It consists of 16 papers by various authors on aspects
of sociological human ecology. The first part contains papers on
conceptual and theoretical considerations, including the relationships
among human ecology, sociology, and demography. The second part
presents the results of empirical research, covering such topics as the
division of labor, the spatial distribution of population,
suburbanization, segregation, agricultural patterns, and labor force
participation. The geographical focus is
worldwide.
Correspondence: Plenum Press, 233 Spring Street,
New York, NY 10013-1578. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:20012 Obermeyer, Carla M.; Greenhalgh,
Susan; Fricke, Tom; Rao, Vijayendra; Kertzer, David I.; Knodel,
John. Qualitative methods in population studies: a
symposium. Population and Development Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, Dec
1997. 813-53 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
This section contains five commentaries that "examine the
potentials and limitations of qualitative methods for improving our
understanding of population processes. Written from the perspective of
different disciplinary positions, namely anthropology, sociology,
history, and economics, in addition to demography, they illustrate
different paths toward achieving this goal, and show that while
anthropology has been the interlocutor of choice for demographers
seeking a deeper comprehension of population processes, other
disciplines have made important contributions to this
endeavor."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
Major demographic textbooks and teaching aids, general surveys and collections of readings that are particularly suitable as supplements to coursework, studies on the organization and coverage of training programs in demography, and selected items on population education.
64:20013 Crook, Nigel; Timæus, Ian
M. Principles of population and development: with
illustrations from Asia and Africa. ISBN 0-19-877489-3. LC
96-28079. 1997. xi, 225 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New
York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
This textbook, edited by Ian
Timæus, "is designed to fill a significant gap in
introductory teaching materials on population for undergraduates and
Masters students of demography, development studies, economics,
geography and related disciplines. The text grew out of lectures given
by Nigel Crook, and its use of models and data from a wider-than-normal
geographical base reflects his intention to produce a course book for
international students. The book considers the debate over the
relationships between population, natural resources, and development
from Malthus on, and introduces recent thinking on population and
environment issues. The political economy of famine and health, and of
fertility and birth control is discussed in detail. The final chapters
focus on interrelationships between population change and urbanization
and industrialization in the developing world. Each chapter introduces
theories and ideas about population and development and then moves on
to empirical and quantitative material and case studies. Demographic
measures and principles are explained fully in boxes, without taking
any prior technical knowledge for granted."
Correspondence:
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20014 Gendreau, Francis.
African demography. [Démographie africaine.]
Universités Francophones, ISBN 2-909455-69-6. 1996. 128 pp.
Editions ESTEM: Paris, France. In Fre.
This work is intended as a
basic introductory textbook to the study of African demography. The
first chapter examines the population of Africa in relation to the
global population; the second chapter looks at the available sources of
data on the population of Africa. Chapter 3 is concerned with trends in
mortality, fertility, and natural increase, and Chapter 4 with
migration and urbanization. Chapter 5 analyzes the current
characteristics of Africa's population, including population size,
density, age and sex distribution, and households. A final chapter is
concerned with policy issues.
Correspondence: ESTEM
Editions Scientifiques, Techniques et Médicales, 5 rue Rousselet
75007, Paris, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:20015 Gendreau, Francis; Fauveau, Vincent;
Dang Thu. The demography of the Indochinese
peninsula. [Démographie de la péninsule
indochinoise.] Universités Francophones, ISBN 2-84371-005-7.
1997. 132 pp. Editions ESTEM: Paris, France. In Fre.
This basic
introductory textbook presents an analysis of recent demographic trends
in three countries of the Indochinese peninsula. Following a chapter on
the region as a whole, there are individual chapters devoted to
Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam. Each chapter examines the characteristics
of the country's population using available national data, describes
population policies where they exist, and analyzes development problems
and their relationship to population factors.
Correspondence:
ESTEM Editions Scientifiques, Techniques et Médicales, 5
rue Rousselet 75007, Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:20016 Kvashi, A. Yu.; Iontsev, V.
A. Modern demography. [Sovremennaya demografiya.]
ISBN 5-211-03388-4. 1995. 268 pp. Izdatel'stvo Moskovskogo
Universiteta: Moscow, Russia. In Rus. with sum. in Eng.
Developed
by lecturers and researchers at Moscow State University's Center for
Population Studies, this introductory textbook on the study of
demography is aimed at students at both the undergraduate and
postgraduate level. There are chapters on population trends and
demographic analysis; the interrelation of socioeconomic and
demographic processes; mortality; fertility; the demographic and
economic problems of the modern family; migration; mathematical models
of migration; population projections; population policy; population
quality and macroeconomic processes; modern demographic concepts; and
world population developments. The geographical focus of the book is on
Russia.
Correspondence: Izdatel'stvo Moskovskogo
Universiteta, Nikitskaya ul. 5/7, 103009 Moscow B, Russia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20017 Laudet, Claire; Cox,
Richard. The people of France today. [Le peuple de
France aujourd'hui.] Readers in Contemporary French Civilisation, ISBN
0-7190-4215-1. LC 94-5407. 1995. x, 180 pp. Manchester University
Press: New York, New York/Manchester, England. Distributed by St.
Martin's Press, 175 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010. In Fre.
This is
one in a series of textbooks intended for English-speaking students on
aspects of French civilization. The topic of this study is the
population of France. There are chapters on population trends, the
contemporary family, social groups, and marginal populations. The text
is in French, and includes introductions, glossaries, comprehension
questions, and explanatory notes.
Correspondence:
Manchester University Press, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:20018 Welti, Carlos.
Demography I. [Demografía I.] ISBN 968-6605-22-3. 1997.
237 pp. Programa Latinoamericano de Actividades en Población
[PROLAP]: Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Spa.
This is a basic
introductory textbook to the study of demography. Designed for a
Spanish-speaking audience, the data used to illustrate the concepts are
primarily taken from Latin America and the books referred to are in
Spanish. The first part has chapters on the relation of demography to
the social sciences in general, data sources, and demographic methods.
The second part contains chapters on mortality, fertility, migration,
and spatial distribution. The third part is concerned with the
variables affecting population dynamics in Latin America and the
Caribbean. A diskette is included containing both statistical data and
practical exercises for students.
Correspondence: Programa
Latinoamericano de Actividades en Población, Instituto de
Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n,
Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, DF, Mexico. E-mail:
welti@servidor.unam.mx. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
