Human Population Dynamics
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
(Sprache: Englisch)
Human Population Dynamics introduces theoretical frameworks and methodologies from different traditional disciplines to demonstrate how changes in human population structure can be addressed from several different academic perspectives. The book contains...
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Human Population Dynamics introduces theoretical frameworks and methodologies from different traditional disciplines to demonstrate how changes in human population structure can be addressed from several different academic perspectives. The book contains contributions from world-renowned researchers in demography, social and biological anthropology, genetics, biology, sociology, ecology, history and human geography. In particular, the contributors emphasize the lability of many population structures and boundaries, as viewed from their area of expertise.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Human Population Dynamics “
Foreword Geoffrey Harrison; Preface; 1. Introduction Helen Macbeth and Paul Collinson; 2. Demographic perspectives on human population dynamics Andrew Hinde; 3. The growing concentration of world population from 1950 to 2050 John I. Clarke; 4. Population, community and society in peasant societies Robert Layton; 5. From genetic variation to population dynamics: insights into the biological understanding of humans Jaume Betranpetit and Francesc Calafell; 6. Social institutions and demographic regimes in non-industrial societies: a comparative approach Richard Smith; 7. The dynamics of child survival Emily K. Rousham and Louise T. Humphrey; 8. Genetic structure of south Indian caste populations: a confluence of biology and culture L. B. Jorde, M. J. Bamshad, W. S. Watkins, C. E. Ricker, M. E. Dixon, B. B. Rao, B. V. R. Prasad and J. M. Naidu; 9. Fertility, mortality and migration transitions in association with socioeconomic modernisation among highland minority populations in South East Asia Peter Kunstadter; 10. Ecology, homeostasis and survival in human population dynamics Robert Attenborough; Glossary.
Autoren-Porträt von Helen Macbeth, Paul Collinson
Helen Macbeth is an Honorary Research Fellow and retired Principal Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. Paul Collinson is an Honorary Research Fellow and former Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Helen Macbeth , Paul Collinson
- 242 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Helen Macbeth
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521004683
- ISBN-13: 9780521004688
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.12.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Carefully edited... This volume could be used as a supplement in an upper-division course in human biology, biological anthropology, and demography." American Journal of Human Biology
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