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  • 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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  • Generation Me - Revised and Updated

    Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

    by Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...
    The Associated Press calls them "The Entitlement Generation," and they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. They are today's young people, a new generation with sky-high expectations and a need for constant praise and fulfillment. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus of what ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 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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  • 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

    $13.99 USD

  • Zainichi Korean Identity and Ethnicity

    by David Chapman ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    Shedding light on contemporary Japanese society in an international context, Japanese-Korean relations and modern day notions of a multicultural Japan, this book addresses the broad notions and questions of citizenship, identity, ethnicity and belonging through investigation of Japan’s Korean population (zainichi).Despite zainichi Korean existence being integral to, and interwoven with, recent ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Demography of Roman Italy

    Population Dynamics in an Ancient Conquest Society 201 BCE–14 CE

    by Saskia Hin ...
    This book provides a fresh perspective on the population history of Italy during the late Republic. It employs a range of sources and a multidisciplinary approach to investigate demographic trends and the demographic behaviour of Roman citizens. Dr Hin shows how they adapted to changing economic, climatic and social conditions in a period of intense conquest. Her critical evaluation of the ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • A Primer of Population Dynamics

    by Krishnan Namboodiri ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    A Primer of Population Dynamics introduces to the basics of population studies. Author Krishnan Namboodiri utilizes a question-and-answer format that explores topics such as population theories and conceptual schemes, demographic data, mortality, fertility, migration, family and household, food production, and the environment and much more. Questions are accompanied by detailed explanations as ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • War, Violence, and Population

    Making the Body Count

    by James A. Tyner ...
    Grounded in theory and research, this book offers a spatial perspective on how and why populations are regulated and disciplined by mass violence—and why these questions matter for scholars concerned about social justice. James Tyner focuses on how states and other actors use acts of brutality to manage, administer, and control space for political and economic purposes. He shows how demographic ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Middle Classes and the City

    A Study of Paris and London

    by M. Bacqué, G. Bridge, M. Benson, T. Butler, E. Charmes, Y. Fijalkow, E. Jackson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    What does it mean to be middle class in contemporary global cities? What do the middle classes do to these cities and what do these cities do to the middle classes? Do the middle classes engage in social mix or are they focused on 'people like us'? Based on comparative study this book explores middle-class identities across Paris and London. ... Read more

    $49.49 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

  • CEMAF as a Census Method

    A Proposal for a Re-Designed Census and An Independent U.S. Census Bureau

    by David A. Swanson, Paula J. Walashek ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In provocative terms that push the envelope of technical, administrative, and legal capabilities, Swanson and Walashek propose a re-vamped US census based neither on the current system, self-enumeration, nor its predecessor, door-to-door canvassing. Instead, they propose that it be built on a combination of four elements: (1) administrative records; (2) the continuously updated Master Address File ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Topics in Theoretical and Applied Statistics

    Edited by Giorgio Alleva, Andrea Giommi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book highlights the latest research findings from the 46th International Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) in Rome, during which both methodological and applied statistical research was discussed. This selection of fully peer-reviewed papers, originally presented at the meeting, addresses a broad range of topics, including the theory of statistical inference; data mining and ... Read more

    $143.99 USD