Economic Theory, Demography
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County and City ExtraOnly updated every ten years, County and City Extra: Special Decennial Census Edition is an essential single-volume source for official census information. This edition contains easy-to-read geographic summaries of the United States population by race, Hispanic origin, and housing status. It provides the most...
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A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity's Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future A Global Citizen'sHow many people can the Earth support? Tucker makes the case that the Earth's 'carrying capacity' is limited to 3 billion humans, and that humanity's century long binge has incurred an unsustainable ecological debt that must be paid down promptly, or else cataclysm awaits....
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The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern WorldA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empires The rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from...
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Law of Conservation of JewsThis book is intended for Jews and non-Jews, for believers and non-believers.It is full of mysterious facts and events that can be called a miraculous Jewish Phenomenon. But the biggest miracle is why Jews didn't vanish from the face of the Earth long, long...
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Research and Data Priorities for Improving Economic and Social Mobility: Proceedings of a WorkshopSince around 1980, fewer Americans than before are doing better than their parents had ? that is, more are experiencing downward social and economic mobility in terms of occupational status and income. This trend in downward mobility is occurring amidst high and rising levels...
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Count the Dead: Coroners, Quants, and the Birth of Death as We Know ItThe global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in human history, undergirding massive improvements in human life and lifestyles. In 1850, Americans died at an average age of 30. Today, the average is...
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The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American MainstreamWhy the number of young Americans from mixed families is surging and what this means for the country's future Americans are under the spell of a distorted and polarizing story about their country's future--the majority-minority narrative--which contends that inevitable demographic changes will create a...
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The Big Exit: The Surprisingly Urgent Challenge of Handling the Remains of a Billion BoomersAuthor: SuttonPublisher: Sutherland House BooksPublished: 04/04/2023Pages: 228Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781990823039
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Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native AmericaAt the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a new racial consciousness. The old, unquestioned confidence with which individuals can be classified (as embodied, for instance, in previous U.S. census categories) has been eroded. In its place are...
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State Profiles 2022: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. StateState Profiles 2022: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State has been completely updated and provides a wealth of current, authoritative, and comprehensive data on key demographic and economic indicators for each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Each state is covered...
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The Racialized Social System: Critical Race Theory as Social TheoryFar from its origins in US legal studies in the 1980s, critical race theory has grown to become a leading approach to the analysis of racial inequality around the world. It has courted much controversy along the way, often misunderstood and poorly defined. So...
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The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies HealthierA "powerful and provocative" inquiry into the relationship between societies' inequality and their citizens' health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health). Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence...
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Power and the Structure of SocietyAuthor: James Samuel ColemanPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 01/01/1974Pages: 116Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28dISBN: 9780393093278
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The City: A Global HistoryIf humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species's ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative and engagingly written account, the acclaimed urbanist and bestselling author...
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Multiracial: The Kaleidoscope of MixednessThe year 2000 was the first time the US Census permitted respondents to choose more than one race. Although the US has long recognized that a "mixed-race" population exists, the contemporary "multiracial population" presents different questions and implications for today's diverse society. This book...
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Demography: A Very Short IntroductionThe generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that...
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For the Love of Cities: RevisitedThe Award-Winning Book Returns - Updated, Revised and Expanded!The mutual love affair between people and their place is one of the most powerful influences in our lives, yet rarely thought of in terms of a relationship. As cities come to think of themselves as...
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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living AloneWith eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience. Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers--whether in...
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England: A Class of Its Own: An Outsider's ViewA wry, affectionate and amusing take on English class and customs from an outsider's perspective. For years German lawyer and author Detlev Piltz has been observing England, its life, customs and above all its classes. He argues that whenever an English person meets another,...
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Punishing Places: The Geography of Mass ImprisonmentPunishing Places applies a unique spatial analysis to mass incarceration in the United States. It demonstrates that our highest imprisonment rates are now in small cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Jessica Simes argues that mass incarceration should be conceptualized as one of the legacies...
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