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  • Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in Europe, 1848-1914

    Edited by W. Whyte, O. Zimmer ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • For God and Ulster (History of the Ulster Volunteer Force)

    by John McCoist ...
    History of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its birth to defend Ulster against home rule, its major part in the battles of France in world war one, it's reincarnation into the fierce and ruthless paramilitary machine during the troubles that took on the Irish Republican terrorists on all fronts and what it's role is today. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Toilers of the Field

    A Glimpse into Victorian Agricultural Life and Naturalist Literature

    by Richard Jefferies ...
    In 'The Toilers of the Field,' Richard Jefferies intricately weaves a tapestry of pastoral life, exploring the deep connection between humans and the land they cultivate. Through vivid imagery and lyrical prose, Jefferies immerses readers in the rhythms of rural existence, emphasizing the toil, beauty, and reverence associated with agricultural labor. His style, characterized by rich descriptions ... Read more

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  • Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration

    Edited by Graeme Hugo, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Ellen Percy Kraly ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This authoritative and comprehensive edited volume presents current research on how demography can contribute to generating scientific knowledge and evidence concerning refugees and forced migration, developing evidence based policy recommendations on protection for forced migrants and reception of refugees, and revealing the determinants and consequences of migration for origin and destination ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Population Dynamics in Muslim Countries

    Assembling the Jigsaw

    Edited by Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Hans Groth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The book discusses the demographic changes in Muslim countries. It thereby focuses on topics such as the demographic dividend and the demographic transition, labour market challenges, health care, universal education and gender issues. These challenges are addressed at a country level and include policy implications for the large majority of the Muslim countries covered in this book. Moreover, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Microsimulation and Population Dynamics

    An Introduction to Modgen 12

    by Alain Bélanger, Patrick Sabourin ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is a practical, step-by-step introduction to microsimulation in demography. It shows how to use Modgen, a powerful and free microsimulation platform built by Statistics Canada. The authors' hands-on explanation of model development will help readers make their own. The book teaches how to create and run a simple cohort model with a single fixed-rate event, and builds upon this concept. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Understanding Demographic Transitions

    An Overview of French Historical Statistics

    by Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book studies the process of demographic transition which has played a key role in the economic development of Western countries. The special focus is on France, which constitutes the first clear case of fertility decline in Europe. The book analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon by examining the evolution of demographic variables in France over the past two hundred years. To better ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Demographic Masculinization of China

    Hoping for a Son

    by Isabelle Attané ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women. China ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Citizenship in a Transnational Canada

    by Augie Fleras ...
    Citizenship in a Transnational Canada offers a distinct look at the prospect of rethinking citizenship in a contested world of shifting narratives, evolving models, ongoing challenges, and future possibilities. The book’s central theme embodies a critical awareness that we no longer live in a national citizenship world but rather in one reorganized around the emergent realities, discourses, and ... Read more

    $102.79 USD

  • Names, Ethnicity and Populations

    Tracing Identity in Space

    by Pablo Mateos ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Ethnicity has become one of the most studied human dimensions in social and biomedical sciences over the past decade. However, there are important shortcomings in the means available to researchers to define and classify human group difference in past, as well as contemporary populations. Personal naming conventions usually adhere to unwritten social norms and customs that with time end up ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • On the Move

    Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-U.S. Migration

    by Filiz Garip ...
    Series series Princeton Analytical Sociology Series
    Why do Mexicans migrate to the United States? Is there a typical Mexican migrant? Beginning in the 1970s, survey data indicated that the average migrant was a young, unmarried man who was poor, undereducated, and in search of better employment opportunities. This is the general view that most Americans still hold of immigrants from Mexico. On the Move argues that not only does this view of Mexican ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • Fertility Control in a Risk Society

    Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India

    by Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women.Although researchers and policy makers generally equate reliance on behavioural contraceptive methods with low levels of education and awareness and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD