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.
65:20001 Bueno Sánchez,
Eramis. Studies on population. [Estudios de
población.] Feb 1997. 155 pp. Universidad de la Habana, Centro
de Estudios Demográficos [CEDEM]: Havana, Cuba. In Spa.
This
is a selection of previously published studies by the author, who was
director of CEDEM (Centro de Estudios Demográficos de la
Universidad de la Habana) from 1978 to 1996. The titles are: Global
models and population; Population policy in Cuba; Demographic impacts
and development projects; Human development and poverty; and The
informal urban sector in the economic perspective of population
studies. The geographic scope is worldwide.
Correspondence:
Universidad de la Habana, Centro de Estudios Demográficos,
Avenida 41 Número 2003, Playa 13, Havana, Cuba. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:20002 Sandron,
Frédéric. Births at the full moon and other
demographic oddities. [Les naissances de la pleine lune et autres
curiosités démographiques.] Collection Populations, ISBN
2-7384-6961-2. 1998. 175 pp. L'Harmattan: Paris, France. In Fre.
In
this work, which is designed for the general public, the author
examines a number of broad demographic themes. These include the
decline of fertility in Europe, polygamy in Africa, the limits on human
life expectancy, differences in life expectancy by sex, the cycles and
rhythms that affect births, natural fertility, Malthusianism, birth
control, optimum population, and eugenics.
Correspondence:
Editions L'Harmattan, 5-7 rue de l'Ecole-polytechnique, 75005
Paris, France. Location: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, Paris, France.
65:20003 Valette, René.
Catholicism and demography. The church, world population, and birth
control. [Le catholicisme et la démographie. Eglise,
population mondiale, contrôle des naissances.] ISBN
2-7082-3234-7. 1996. 207 pp. Les Editions de l'Atelier/Editions
Ouvrières: Paris, France. In Fre.
This study examines
current global population trends and individual family planning
behavior, with particular reference to the Catholic Church's position
on such issues. The author describes the confrontations that have
occurred at many recent international population conferences between
the Vatican and most of the world's countries. He suggests that the
Catholic Church should reconsider its condemnation of those birth
control methods it has decided are unnatural and should modernize its
attitudes toward the social aspects of sexuality. A case is made that
the church can develop humane and effective policies toward population
and family planning issues without abandoning its traditional concern
with ethical issues.
Correspondence: Les Editions de
l'Atelier/Editions Ouvrières, 12 avenue Soeur-Rosalie, 75013
Paris, France. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
Short (fewer than 100 pages), general works on population and global population studies. Items on activities of research institutions in demography are also included.
65:20004 Dupâquier, Jacques.
Six billion people: how the continents were populated--yesterday,
today, and tomorrow. [Six milliards d'hommes: le peuplement des
continents, hier--aujourd'hui--demain.] Acta Geographica, No. 116,
1998. 5-22 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a general review of
the history of human population growth on the planet. There are
sections on the first human settlement of the continents, the
populating of Europe, demographic catastrophes, global population
trends from 1500 to 1800, the demographic transition in Europe, the
demographic transition in the third world, and future population
trends.
Correspondence: J. Dupâquier, Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:20005 National Geographic Society
(Washington, D.C.). Population. National Geographic,
No. 4, Oct 1998. 2-75 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This special
supplement contains three articles on global population issues. They
are concerned with migration, women and population, and feeding the
planet.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent issues of
Population Index.
Correspondence: National Geographic
Society, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-4688.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
65:20006 Ordorica Mellado, Manuel.
Some reflections on teaching demography in Mexico in the beginning
of the twenty-first century: a new focus. [Algunas reflexiones
sobre la enseñanza de la demografia en México en los
umbrales del siglo XXI: nuevos enfoques.] Estudios Demográficos
y Urbanos, Vol. 13, No. 3, Sep-Dec 1998. 655-65 pp. Mexico City,
Mexico. In Spa.
The author discusses current and future trends in
the teaching of demography in Mexico. Aspects considered include the
demographic future and new paradigms; sources of information and
models; labor trajectory of demographers; and the balance between
development and population growth.
Correspondence: M.
Ordorica Mellado, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios
Demográficos y de Desarrollo Urbano, Camino al Ajusco 20, 10740
Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
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.
65:20007 Caldwell, John C.
Malthus and the less developed world: the pivotal role of
India. Population and Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, Dec
1998. 675-96, 898, 900 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Spa.
"Malthus's Essay had a powerful influence on how
English-speaking people interpreted population issues. This was
particularly true with regard to India, Britain's huge colony.... Its
administrators and civil servants, both British and Indian,
increasingly saw it in Malthusian terms. This tradition persisted into
the twentieth century and played a powerful role in the establishment
of national family planning programs in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
and beyond. In turn the British experience in India helped to shape the
attitudes of the English-speaking peoples to poor, densely population
countries and rapid population growth."
Correspondence:
J. C. Caldwell, Australian National University, Research School of
Social Sciences, Demography Program, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:20008 Petersen, William.
Founder of modern demography: Malthus. ISBN 0-7658-0481-6. LC
98-19058. 1999. xxvi, 302 pp. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick,
New Jersey/London, England. In Eng.
This is a reissue, with a new
introduction, of a book originally published in 1979, that offers an
exposition of the thought of Thomas R. Malthus, integrating his theory
on population with his analysis of economic development and social
structure. Malthus's work is also contrasted with that of his
contemporary, David Ricardo, as well as with later scholars, such as
John Maynard Keynes. The author also comments on Malthus's stand on
birth control and his contribution to the modern population control
movement.
Correspondence: Transaction Publishers, Rutgers
University, 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8042. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:20009 Riley, Nancy E. Research
on gender in demography: limitations and constraints. Population
Research and Policy Review, Vol. 17, No. 6, Dec 1998. 521-38 pp.
Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper explores the issue
of gender in demography, focusing on the question of why we don't know
more than we do about the role of gender in demographic processes. Our
lack of knowledge is partly explained by demography's research and
policy focus on the two questions central to the field in recent
decades, fertility decline and the relationship between economic and
demographic change. The focus on these issues--sometimes at the expense
of other research questions and issues--has meant that some social
processes surrounding demographic change, including the role of gender,
have not received the attention they deserve. Understanding gender's
complex relationship to social behaviors, such as demographic behavior,
requires attention to social/cultural context and to power. Demography
needs to expand our knowledge of gender through the development of new
research questions, research designs, and methodologies. Doing so will
give us new insights into demographic
processes."
Correspondence: N. E. Riley, Bowdoin
College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Brunswick, ME 04011.
E-mail: nriley@bowdoin.edu. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
65:20010 Suzuki, Toru. Sibling
size in a stable population. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of
Population Problems, Vol. 53, No. 4, 1997. 67-74 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In
Jpn.
In this theoretical study, the author examines the question of
sibship size in a stable population.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
65:20011 Wargon, Sylvia T.
Demography in Canada: looking backward, looking forward.
Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1998. 199-228 pp.
Edmonton, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This article
presents a general summary of how demography developed in 20th century
Canada. It begins with some brief but pertinent details about the
evolution of the science of population in Europe, and the historical
demographic, cultural and political background in Canada. The body of
the text is focussed on the period of close to 80 years, from about
1920 to the present.... This information provides a picture of the
gradual establishment of the discipline `as a science and a profession'
in the English-speaking and French-speaking regions of the
country."
Correspondence: S. T. Wargon, Statistics
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. 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.
65:20012 Silvey, Rachel; Lawson,
Victoria. Placing the migrant. Annals of the
Association of American Geographers, Vol. 89, No. 1, Mar 1999. 121-32
pp. Malden, Massachusetts. In Eng.
The authors examine research on
migration in the context of a wider discussion on continuity and change
in the study of geography. The discussion "focuses on examining
some enduring themes from previous migration literature and some
emerging themes in feminist and postcolonial work." Particular
attention is given to the concepts of place and the migrant, as well as
to the relationship between theoretical and empirical
studies.
Correspondence: R. Silvey, University of Colorado,
Department of Geography, Boulder, CO 80309-0260. E-mail:
Rachel.Silvey@Colorado.edu. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
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.
65:20013 Kuby, Michael; Harner, John; Gober,
Patricia. Human geography in action. ISBN
0-471-18170-6. LC 97-31192. 1998. 70 pp. John Wiley and Sons: New York,
New York/Chichester, England. In Eng.
"Human Geography in
Action comprises 13...chapters that challenge students to collect,
manipulate, display, and interpret geographic information. Each
freestanding activity enables hands-on experience with a basic concept
in human geography including: scale, region, diffusion, spatial
interaction, space-time prisms, economic specialization, age-sex
pyramids, development, urban hierarchy, neighborhood characteristics,
segregation, nations and states, and environmental
change."
Correspondence: John Wiley and Sons, 605
Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10158. Location:
Population Council Library, New York, NY.
65:20014 Stine, Gerald J. AIDS
update, 1999: an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome. ISBN 0-13-080352-9. 1999. xxii, 458 pp. Prentice Hall:
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. In Eng.
This textbook on AIDS,
designed for college-level courses, presents a basic scientific
introduction to what has been learned about HIV/AIDS over the past 18
years. There are chapters on the prevalence of HIV infections, AIDS
cases, and deaths among select groups in the United States, and on the
prevalence of HIV infections and AIDS cases among women, children, and
teenagers in the United States.
Correspondence: Prentice
Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
65:20015 Valentei, D. I.
Demography: current state and prospects for development.
[Demografiya: sovremennoe sostoyanie i perspektivy razvitiya.] ISBN
5-06-003307-4. 1997. 271 pp. Vysshaya Shkola: Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This is a textbook for graduate students in demography prepared by
a team of professors and researchers under the auspices of the Moscow
State University Center for Population Studies. It gives an overview of
both the core topics of demography (including theoretical demography,
mathematical demography, life tables, demographic analysis, and
statistical methods) and applied and peripheral fields of population
studies, such as economic and business demography, military and
political demography, medical demography and genetics, and population
geography. The whole body of population studies is viewed as a
branching system of demographic sciences. Examples are drawn mainly
from contemporary Russian population.
Correspondence:
Vysshaya Shkola, ul. Neglinnaya 29/14, GSP-4, Moscow 101430,
Russia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
