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  • Studies in the Sociology of Population

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Jon Anson, Walter Bartl, Andrzej Kulczycki ...
    This book presents a cross section of the work and concerns of social demographers worldwide, covering a broad range of topics from social structure through population structure to social policy; from fertility and mortality through migration to the way in which organisations deal with the demographic environment in which they operate. Topics addressed also include morbidity and health profiles ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Israel's Destiny

    Fertility and Mortality in a Divided Society

    by Jon Anson ...
    Series series Schnitzer Studies in Israel Society Series
    For over a hundred years, demography has been at the heart of the Zionist project, reflected in the goal of creating and maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel and in ensuring the physical continuation of the Jewish people. Demography continues to be an essential issue in the current struggle between Israel and Palestine. Yet in academic discourse, demography is treated as a minor, largely ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Mortality in an International Perspective

    Edited by Jon Anson, Marc Luy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents a state of the art coverage of the measurement and evolution of mortality over time. It describes in great detail the changes in the cause patterns of mortality, the changes in mortality patterns at different ages, and specific analyses of mortality in particular countries. Derived from a meeting of the European Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality held at the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society (Revised and Enlarged Edition)

    Reflections on a Multicultural Society

    by Arthur Meier Schlesinger ...
    The bestseller that reminded us what it means to be an American is more timely than ever in this updated and enlarged edition, including "Schlesinger's Syllabus," an annotated reading list of core books on the American experience.The classic image of the American nation — a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy — is being replaced by ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • No Country for Old Maids?

    Talking About the ‘Man Drought’

    by Hannah August ...
    Series Book 31 - BWB Texts
    Hannah August's intelligent and humane study illuminates, sometimes uncomfortably, the ways in which our demographics are changing and our attitudes are not. This is public intellection that is curious, rigorous, and highly relevant to our time.' Eleanor CattonIn 2013, there were over 66,000 more women between the ages of 25-49 living in New Zealand than there were men. This so-called ‘man drought ... Read more

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  • ReBerth

    Stories from Cities on the Edge

    by Alexei Sayle, Valeria Parrella, Pawel Huelle ...
    Featuring: Alexei Sayle, Dinesh Allirajah, Valeria Parrella, Pawel Huelle, Adam Kaminski, Peppe Lanzetta, Claudia Parman, Artur Becker, Murathan Mungan, Hatice Meryem, Jean-Claude Izzo and Christian Garcin.The six European port cities known as the ‘Cities on the Edge’ – Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples - share a history of dissent, diversity and economic reinvention. Once ... Read more

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  • Our Patchwork Nation

    The Surprising Truth About the "Real" America

    by Dante Chinni, James Gimpel Ph.D. ...
    A revolutionary new way to understand America's complex cultural and political landscape, with proof that local communities have a major impact on the nation's behavior-in the voting booth and beyond.In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Revising the Storm

    by Geffrey Davis ...
    This debut collection by Cave Canem fellow Geffrey Davis burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored—tender, comic, wry, tragic—interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their "embarrassed desires" for familial connection, sexual love, compassion, and repair. Revising the Storm also speaks to the sons and ... Read more

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  • Family Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan

    With Special Attention to Regional Variations

    by Fumie Kumagai ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides insightful sociological analyses of Japanese demography and families, paying attention not only to national average data, but also to regional variations and community level analyses. In analyzing Japanese family issues such as demographic changes, courtship and marriage, international marriage, divorce, late-life divorce, and the elderly living alone, this book emphasizes the ... Read more

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  • A Century and Some Change

    My Life Before the President Called My Name

    by Ann Nixon Cooper ...
    President-elect Barack Obama reflected on the life of Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, singling her out of millions of voters, he said, because she was “born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons—because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.”Energized by this ... Read more

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  • Canadian Population and Northern Colonization

    Edited by Vincent Bladen ...
    Series series Heritage
    In their annual sessions the various Sections of the Royal Society are accustomed to take up for general discussion a topic of current interest and this gives Fellows and special guests from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities an opportunity for useful communication across the disciplines on an important subject.In 1961 the topic was an especially vital issue, the ... Read more

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