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Anthropological Demography
Toward a New Synthesis
Av David I. Kertzer, Tom Fricke
Häftad, 1997
323 kr
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In its early years anthropology often used demographic research, but the two disciplines have recently grown to distrust each other's assumptions and methods. In order to show that they have much to offer each other, this book seeks to bridge the demography/anthropology divide. The book begins with …
Reading History Sideways
The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life
Häftad, 2013
282 kr
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European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. Implicit in this developmental paradigm - one that has affected generations of thought-was the assumption that …
Fertility Change in Contemporary Japan
Av Robert W. Hodge, Naohiro Ogawa
Inbunden, 1992
811 kr
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The authors examine the striking decline in Japan's birthrate in light of the rapid urbanization, industrialization, and socioeconomic development experienced by the nation since World War II.
Anthropological Demography
Toward a New Synthesis
Av David I. Kertzer, Tom Fricke
Inbunden, 1997
854 kr
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In its early years anthropology often used demographic research, but the two disciplines have recently grown to distrust each other's assumptions and methods. In order to show that they have much to offer each other, this book seeks to bridge the demography/anthropology divide. The book begins with …
Birth Quake
The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
Inbunden, 2002
537 kr
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Between 1965 and 1985, the Western world - and the United States in particular - experienced a staggering amount of social and economic change. In Birth Quake, Diane J. Macunovich argues that the common thread underlying all these changes was the post-World War II baby boom - in particular, the …
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 1995
553 kr
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In the early 19th century, thousands of emancipated and freeborn blacks from the United States returned to Africa to colonize the area now known as Liberia. In this systematic study of the demographic impact of this move on the migrants, Antonio McDaniel finds that the health of migrant populations …
Institutional Context of Population Change
Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations
Inbunden, 2001
623 kr
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Despite having similar economies and political systems, high-income nations show persistent diversity. In this pioneering work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in eighteen high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures. European nations, …
Reading History Sideways
The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life
Inbunden, 2005
1229 kr
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European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. Implicit in this developmental paradigm - one that has affected generations of thought on societal development …
Marriage and Cohabitation
Av Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
854 kr
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Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's five-hundred-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically. …
Marriage and Cohabitation
Av Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
332 kr
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Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's five-hundred-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically. …
From Parent to Child
Intrahousehold Allocations and Intergenerational Relations in the United States
Av Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1370 kr
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How do parents allocate human capital among their children? To what extent do parental decisions about resource allocation determine children's eventual economic success? The analyses in this text explore these questions by developing and testing a model in which the earnings of children with …
From Parent to Child
Intrahousehold Allocations and Intergenerational Relations in the United States
Av Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
522 kr
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How do parents allocate human capital among their children? To what extent do parental decisions about resource allocation determine children's eventual economic success? The analyses in this text explore these questions by developing and testing a model in which the earnings of children with …
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan
Av Arland Thornton, Hui-Sheng Lin
Inbunden, 1995
589 kr
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This interdisciplinary study provides an analysis of the complex changes in family relations in a society undergoing revolutionary social and economic transformation. It explores the patterns and causes of change in education, work, income, leisure time, marriage, living arrangements and …
