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9780198774891

Principles of Population and Development With Illustrations from Asia and Africa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198774891

  • ISBN10:

    0198774893

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-06-12
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book is a major new introduction to population studies. Each chapter introduces fundamental ideas and then moves on to empirical and quantitative material and case studies. Demographic techniques are explained fully in boxes.

Author Biography

Nigel Crook was a Senior Lecturer in the economics department at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

Population and Subsistence
Theories of Population and Subsistence
Adjustment of Households to Food Supplies and Other Resources
Population in the Perspective of Time
The Changing Balance of Births and Deaths
The Environmental Impact of Population
Political Economy, Famine, and Disease Control
Famine and the Prevention of Mass Mortality
The Political Economy of Health
Political Economy and Birth Control
Fertility Decline in the Course of Development
Case Studies of Fertility Transition in Asia
The Demographic Impact of Industrialization
Urbanization and Migration
Population, Employment, and Education
Further Reading
Index
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