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  • Handbook of Palaeodemography

    by Luc Buchet, Daniel Courgeau, Henri Caussinus, Isabelle Séguy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines methods for linking osteo-archaeological data with historical and environmental sources to shed light on the living conditions of past populations. Covering all time periods from prehistory to the 20th century, it aims to construct models that capture plausible demographic dynamics from highly fragmentary evidence.Starting from the known in order to explore the unknown, this ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • This Chair Rocks

    A Manifesto Against Ageism

    by Ashton Applewhite ...
    Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Quarterly Essay 9 Beautiful Lies

    Population and Environment in Australia

    by Tim Flannery ...
    Series Book 9 - Quarterly Essay
    In the first Quarterly Essay of 2003, Tim Flannery launches an attack on the various lies that we tell ourselves about our resources, our past and our future. The lie of terra nullius that made us ignore the Aborigines' knowledge of the environment. The lie of the Snowy Mountains Scheme that did untold damage to our river system for the sake of white immigration. The lie that rushing to preserve ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • How to survive Holland

    Dealing with the Dutch before they deal with you

    by Martijn de Rooi ...
    'So this must be Holland, honey..... Get your camera ready and watch out for the natives', said an American tourist arriving in Amsterdam. Reading this survival kit will prevent you from sharing his fate. It introduces nothing less than the very soul of the Dutch. Packed with humorous descriptions it explains their remarkable habits and peculiar behaviour. Whether on business or vacation, this ... Read more

    $5.88 USD

  • Born at the Right Time

    A History of the Baby Boom Generation

    by Doug Owram ...
    Series series Heritage
    It is rare in history for people to link their identity with their generation, and even rarer when children and adolescents actually shape society and influence politics. Both phenomena aptly describe the generation born in the decade following the Second World War. These were the baby boomers, viewed by some as the spoiled, selfish generation that had it all, and by others as a shock wave that ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R

    by Frans Willekens ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book provides an introduction to multistate event history analysis. It is an extension of survival analysis, in which a single terminal event (endpoint) is considered and the time-to-event is studied. Multistate models focus on life histories or trajectories, conceptualized as sequences of states and sequences of transitions between states. Life histories are modeled as realizations of ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Male Fertility Patterns and Determinants

    by Li Zhang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses the biological, methodological and sociological issues that have caused men to be overlooked in demographic and sociological literature of fertility. It explores the patterns and determinants of male fertility and studies male fertility rates as compared to those of females in 43 countries and places, over time. Data used in the aggregate level analysis come from multiple ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Biographies in the Global South

    Life Stories Embedded in Figurations and Discourses

    by Gabriele Rosenthal, Artur Bogner, Eva Bahl, Johannes Becker, Hendrik Hinrichsen, Josephine Schmiereck, Nicole Witte, Arne Worm ...
    Lange hat sich die soziologische Biografieforschung ganz überwiegend auf Menschen konzentriert, die im "globalen Norden" leben. Dieser Band ist ein Beitrag zu den jüngeren Bemühungen, diese viel zu enge Perspektive aufzuheben. Er zielt auf die Lebensgeschichten und Lebensverläufe von Menschen aus Afrika und dem Nahen Osten. Dabei stehen die biografischen und sozio-geschichtlichen Verflechtungen ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Are They Serious? The Discourses of Family Planning, Bio-Citizenship and Nationalism in the Philippines

    by Paul Mathews ...
    This book explores the discourses of bio-medicine (ie. Family Planning), nationalism and citizenship specifically in the Philippines. Little has been researched into how the biomedical discourse has helped constitute the nature of citizenship of the Filipino for the purpose of building a nation-State; that is, who is a "medically" proper and fit person to be a citizen of and to reproduce the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Minorities in the New World

    Edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi ...
    Series series African Studies
    This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the last forty years. Despite their minority status, African immigrants are making their marks in various areas of human endeavor and accomplishments—from academic, to business, to even scientific inventions. The demographic shift is both ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Population Change in Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa

    Beyond the Demographic Divide

    by Koenraad Matthijs, Karel Neels, Christiane Timmerman, Jacques Haers ...
    Series series International Population Studies
    Current demographic trends raise new questions, challenges and controversies. Comparing demographic trends in Europe and the NAME-region (North Africa and the Middle East), this book demonstrates how population change interacts with changing economic landscapes, social distinctions and political realities. A variety of drivers contribute to demographic change in the various regions and countries ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Inequalities of Love

    College-Educated Black Women and the Barriers to Romance and Family

    by Averil Y. Clarke ...
    Series series Politics, history, and culture
    Inequalities of Love uses the personal narratives of college-educated black women to describe the difficulties they face when trying to date, marry, and have children. While conventional wisdom suggests that all women, regardless of race, must sacrifice romance and family for advanced educations and professional careers, Averil Y. Clarke’s research reveals that educated black women’s disadvantages ... Read more

    $28.79 USD