Economic Theory, Demography
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Essential Demographic MethodsEssential Demographic Methods brings to readers the full range of ideas and skills of demographic analysis that lie at the core of social sciences and public health. Classroom tested over many years, filled with fresh data and examples, this approachable text is tailored to...
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The Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the American Community SurveyThe Who, What, and Where of America is designed to provide a sampling of key demographic information. It covers the United States, every state, each metropolitan statistical area, and all the counties and cities with a population of 20,000 or more. Who: Age, Race...
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County and City Extra 2023: Annual Metro, City, and County Data BookWhen you want only one source of information about your city or county, turn to County and City Extra. This trusted reference compiles information from many sources to provide all the key demographic and economic data for every state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district,...
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Trail of the Black Walnut [Second Edition, 1965]This is a superb piece of research on the little-known Pennsylvania-German connection in the founding of Upper Canada. Starting soon after the outbreak of the American Revolution, numerous Pennsylvania-German families and so-called "Plain Folk" (i.e. Mennonites, Dunkards, Moravians, Amish, Hutterites, etc.) migrated to Canada...
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The Atlas of California: Mapping the Challenge of a New EraCalifornia is at a crossroads. For decades a global leader, inspiring the hopes and dreams of millions, the state has recently faced double-digit unemployment, multi-billion dollar budget deficits and the loss of trillions in home values. This atlas brings together the latest research and...
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Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US CityWinner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams Award Is the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River? Will California soon hold the balance of power in Mexican national politics? Will Latinos reinvigorate the US labor movement? These are...
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Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal NationThe "entertaining and insightful" first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987 (New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich). By the time their obituary...
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The Futures of Racial CapitalismCapitalism appears to be endlessly in crisis but without ever loosening its hold on our lives. New modes of racism and exclusion emerge, but the old ones never go away. We continue to struggle to live and survive in its wake but are unable,...
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Retropopulationism: Clawing Back a Stable Planet from Eight Billion and ChangeWill we colonize Mars? Will lab-grown meat replace our favorite foods? Why did China change its one-child policy? Will Nigeria be a superpower in the 21st Century? Are gender roles obsolete? Will we soon live forever? When should we worry about food and water...
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The Holocaust and Genocides in EuropeFocusing on the major cases of genocide in twentieth-century Europe, including the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, as well as mass killing in the Soviet Union, this book outlines the internal and external roots of genocide. Internal causes lie...
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History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case StudiesGenocide is not an invention of the twentieth-century, say Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn in this absorbing book, but has occurred throughout history in all parts of the world. This study--the first comprehensive survey of the history and sociology of genocide--presents over two dozen...
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Demographic Deception: Exposing the Overpopulation Myth and Building a Resilient FutureWhen global headlines declared that the world had surpassed 8 billion people, concerns around overpopulation and its impact on our planet escalated.But beneath the surface, after digging through that data and statistics, evidence reveals that a different kind of population crisis is looming.Demographic Deception...
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Countries of the World in Minutes: Histories, Key Data, and Maps for All 195 CountriesFor each of the 195 officially recognized countries of the world, a mini essay clearly and concisely explains its key history, characteristics, and social and political structures. Alongside, an outline map shows each country's global location, main geographic features, and capital city, while a...
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Confident Identities, Connected Communities: Building Cohesion Through Shared ExperiencesThis book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what it portends for our future.Social cohesion defies easy definition; yet, every pursuit of social cohesiveness requires nurture, patience and a consensus that it is germane...
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Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small Town AmericaIn the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, a character-driven and shocking up-close look at the way climate change is affecting America, right now, and a call to action to protect the people and places we stand to lose if nothing is...
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Children Are Everywhere: Conspicuous Reproduction and Childlessness in Reunified BerlinChildren are Everywhere engages with how demographic anxieties and reproductive regimes emerge as forms of social inclusion and exclusion in a low fertility Western European context. This book explores everyday experiences of parenting and childlessness of 'ethnic' Germans in Berlin, who came of age...
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Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey [Volumes I & II in One Volume]Wisdom and Inspiration from the Great Pan-African Leader and ThinkerIn the long road African-Americans have tread-and are still walking-from emancipation toward the complete realization of true racial equality, Marcus Garvey stands out in his early and unequivocal declaration of black rights and pride. In...
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A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in EuropeExplicitly incorporates both the aspects of gender and family in the study of healthExamines Europe as a whole and offers five country-specific studies conducted in Germany, Austria, and Italy Addresses different concepts of health and explores differences within countries by ethnic groupsAuthor: Gabriele DoblhammerPublisher:...
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Population and SocietyThis comprehensive yet accessible textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first course in demography. Clearly explaining technical demographic issues without using extensive mathematics, Population and Society is sociologically oriented, but incorporates a variety of social sciences in its...
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Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor CountriesFor several decades, wealthy states, international development agencies and multinational corporations have encouraged labour migration from the Global South to the Global North. As well as providing essential workers to support the transformation of advanced economies, the remittances that migrants send home have been...
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