Books on Population Studies and Demography

Human Population And Demography: A Guide To Reference And Information Sources (Social Sciences) (September 30, 2005) by Jason Xiao Yu

Arab Political Demography: Population Growth And Natalist Policies (Sussex Studies in Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic) (May 1, 2005) by Onn Winckler

Demography: The Science of Population
by Jay Weinstein, Vijayan K. Pillai
A comprehensive book that emphasizes the major techniques, methods, and data sources of contemporary population studies. Written by a sociologist and a demographer, the book's principal aim is to improve the students' skills primarily as consumers and secondarily as producers of demographic information. One reviewer says, "The author has a pleasant style. It is the voice of knowledge combined with a gentle voice of teaching." He goes on to say of the book, "It is really unique and refreshingly original. It is comprehensive and comprehensible." -Ron Hammond, University of Utah. The book takes an applied interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing demographic resources such as software, data sets, journals, and the Internet. For anyone interested in population studies.
A comprehensive book that emphasizes the major techniques, methods, and data sources of contemporary population studies.
Written by a sociologist and a demographer, the book's principal aim is to improve the students' skills primarily as consumers and secondarily as producers of demographic information. One reviewer says, "The author has a pleasant style. It is the voice of knowledge combined with a gentle voice of teaching." He goes on to say of the book, "It is really unique and refreshingly original. It is comprehensive and comprehensible." -Ron Hammond, University of Utah. The book takes an applied interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing demographic resources such as software, data sets, journals, and the Internet.

Demography is a very interesting topic to study, and it's especially interesting to see how the demographics of Native Americans differ from the demographics of the rest of the United States. It's important to remember the things that American Indians bring to U.S. culture, including music, food and tribal tattoos.

Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes
by Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot

Demography : The Study of Human Population by David Yaukey, Douglas L. Anderton
The authors have skillfully recrafted this classic text into an exciting, up-to-date introduction to demography that reflects the field's evolution into a rich and diversified discipline. While maintaining the basic framework of the successful previous edition, the second edition's content has been thoroughly revised to incorporate a broad range of the latest demographic theories as well as timely examples. Two new chapters--"Morbidity and Health" and "Population Diversity"--mirror the changing interests and growing breadth of demographic research. Demography, Second Edition presents current data and short-term projections of relatively stable trends. These features, combined with the text's international focus, ensure that it will remain timely and relevant. Moreover, the authors facilitate the reader's exploration of Internet-related data, providing a guide to the use and interpretation of the most recent data available. This reader-friendly edition also include! s numerous graphics as well as chapter exercises and propositions for debate.

Success or Failure? Family Planning Programs in the Third World (Studies in Population and Urban Demography) by Donald J. Hernandez
This is a good, solid explanatory work on family planning programs. The first three chapters are especially useful for general background information on the justification and problems of governmental family limitation programs. The case studies, including Taiwan, South Korea, Costa Rica, and Mauritius, explain the socioeconomic conditions that prompt such efforts. Using statistical data, Hernandez analyzes the effectiveness of the various programs. The concluding two chapters look at Third World socioeconomic situations and past programs in family planning, and offer readers a good background in population studies. Public and academic libraries, community college level and up.

Asian Population History (International Studies in Demography)
by Cuirong Liu (Editor), James Lee (Editor), David Sven Reher (Editor), Osamu Saito (Editor), Wang Feng (Editor), Ts'Ui-Jung Liu (Editor) "'Population history' is probably a broader chronological concept than 'historical demography' and allows a closer approach to the present time..."
This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapters combine depth of analysis with breadth of source material.

The Demography of African Americans 1930-1990 (The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis) (Oct 31, 2003)
by I.T. Elo, S.H. Preston, Mark E. Hill, Ira Rosenwaike
African Americans constitute one of the most interesting and dynamic components of the population of the United States. Unfortunately, an accurate assessment of their demographic characteristics is beset by inaccuracies in the underlying data. Using a novel strategy that combines record linkage and demographic/statistical analysis, the authors produce an internally consistent and robust set of estimates of the African-American population during the period 1930-1990. They interpret the record that emerges, with special reference to longevity trends and differentials. This work is of particular interest to demographers, sociologists and students of ethnic studies.

Population and Poverty in the Developing World (International Studies in Demography)
by Massimo Livi Bacci (Editor), Gustavo De Santis (Editor), Massimo Livi-Bacci (Editor)
This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and what can be done to eradicate it. By collecting together papers from a variety of disciplines, and by combining detailed empirical study with the necessary theoretical frameworks, the editors are able to clearly identify the most important themes and potential solutions to a problem that the world cannot afford to ignore.

Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue between Epidemiology and Demography (August 1, 2002) by Maxine Weinstein, Albert I. Hermalin, Michael A. Stoto
Population Health is an emerging field that draws heavily on two disciplines: demography and epidemiology. In recent years, as demographers have become increasingly interested in health transitions and trajectories and as epidemiologists have become increasingly interested in population-level disease dynamics, the two fields have converged in manyways. But their separate histories, cultures, languages, organizations, and missions have acted as impediments to dialogue among practitioners in the two fields. This volume seeks to improve conversation across the disciplines. It brings together reports on current research that provide examples of work that bridges (or has the potential to bridge) the twofields, and helps identify organizational and institutional pathways that can encourage collaboration.

Demography of the Black Population in the United States : An Annotated Bibliography with a Review Essay by Jamshid A. Momeni
Researchers concerned with population growth and movements will find this work invaluable. The volume is organized in six chapters, containing a total of 652 citations all annotated. ... A rather generalized introduction to the subject is provided under the title `Black Demography: A Review Essay,' a well-documented summary of writings from the past 100 years. Except where publications are clearly in more than one area of interest, each is listed but once. ... An Author Index concludes the work.... [Anyone] concerned with demographic studies about blacks in the U.S. will find Demography of the Black Population in the United States convenient and reliable.

Population and Ethno-Demography in Vietnam (February 1, 2003)
by Dien Khong, Khong Dien
This useful reference presents a wealth of statistics on the ethnography of Vietnam, focusing primarily on the last few decades. It analyzes the ethnic compositio of the population, indetifying each of the 54 ethnic groups and sub-groups by name, geographical distribution, and linguistic origin. Geographic distribution statistics are provided for each ethnic group, showing the process of migration and redistribution. Other factors covered are population structure, population gowth, and the relationship between population and socioeconomic development.
The analysis is based on population censuses and annual statistics from both central and local government offices as well as data from the field. The systematic presentation of demographic information in easy-to-read tables, with accompanying explanation and discussion of national population policies, will be invaluable to policy makers, consultants, and researchers requiring detailed and comprehensive information on the multi-ethnic population of Vietnam.

Formal Demography (The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis)
by David P. Smith
A relatively nontechnical introductory text in current demographic methods. In general, the methods emphasized are relevant to both the social sciences and health professions. Readers are expected to be familiar with algebra and at least not intimidated by logarithms.