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The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this polemic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources. Pivotal in establishing the field of demography, it remains crucial to understanding modern problems with food production and distribution. Anglican parson Thomas Robert Malthus wrote his famous essay in 1798 in response to speculations on social perfectibility...
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With an Introduction by Rosemary O'Day. London Labour and the London Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. In scope, depth and detail it remains unrivalled. Mayhew...
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Ronald Inglehart is Professor of Political Science and Program Director at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Among his books are The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles among Western Publics and Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society, both published by Princeton University Press.
Ronald Inglehart argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent...
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Libro dedicado a la investigación, la docencia y la acción práctica en torno a la Política y la gestión del agua. Hablamos de Política con mayúscula para distinguir, y a la vez enfatizar, los significados más substantivos del término, evitando su reducción a las políticas del cortoplacismo que obedecen a intereses particulares y que, lamentablemente, caracterizan en gran medida a las formas dominantes de gobierno y gestión del agua en...
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Este libro es el resultado de estos esfuerzos, destacando que es producto de la acumulación y confluencia de varias experiencias que en su conjunto presentan una reflexión teórica y técnica metodológica sobre el pasado, presente y futuro de la investigación demográfica del envejecimiento con énfasis en el caso de México. Los argumentos centrales se desarrollan en cuatro grandes secciones: i) La investigación sobre envejecimiento, ayer y...
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Based on eyewitness accounts, this book fully and graphically portrays the social conditions which existed in the South during the twelve year Reconstruction period following the downfall of the Confederate States of America. The author deals with such subjects as the oppressive military dictatorship to which the Southern people were subjected, the intrigue of the Loyal (Union) League, the tyranny of the Freedman's Bureau, the corruption of the Carpetbagger...
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This book changes the way we view our everyday human landscapes by taking us on a 22-stop adventure through the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona. In Flagstaff's America Tour, the reader encounters four distinct though interacting landscape scenes: a themed historic business district, a pre-War multi-ethnic neighborhood, an expanding university campus, and a dynamic automobile commercial strip. Prior to the tour, Part 1 introduces us to the fascinating...
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¡7500 millones! Todo un número cuando se refiere a la cantidad de personas que habitan hoy nuestro planeta. Y más impactante cuando nos enteramos de que triplica la población de mediados del siglo XX. Ahora bien, detrás de esta fantástica cifra se esconden muchas preguntas: ¿cómo se cuenta la población? ¿Es verdad que hay más mujeres que hombres? ¿Y más ancianos que jóvenes? ¿Qué pasa si seguimos creciendo a la misma velocidad? ¿Alcanza...
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"Contra la despoblación. Europa en la encrucijada" presenta el problema de la despoblación y el envejecimiento poblacional del interior peninsular.
Desde finales de los años sesenta el desplazamiento de la población y el cierre de la escasa industria a consecuencia de la crisis han dejado un panorama desolador en las provincias del interior de España: aldeas vacías, pueblos semiabandonados, comarcas en decadencia... En cambio, Madrid, las costas...
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In the last century, the United States has grown from 75 million people to 250 million. Have we gone too far? How can an optimum population be identified and achieved, and how can we confront the problems now facing our overcrowded country? The Negative Population Growth group put these questions to specialists on the environment, food and energy supplies, urban issues, national defense, labor and other areas directly affected by U.S. demographics....
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La conception de la paternité a grandement évolué au cours des dernières décennies. La reconnaissance du rle du père dans le développement de l'enfant, la recherche d'équité entre hommes et femmes et plusieurs autres facteurs ont en effet conduit à un changement de comportement des pères vis-à-vis de leur engagement parental.
Cet ouvrage propose une analyse de la parentalité telle que vécue par les pères depuis la mise en place du...
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« Le texte qui suit n'est pas à proprement parler une introduction à la démographie. Il représente plutt une vision personnelle d'une discipline qui me passionnedepuis plus de quarante ans et qui m'a permis de mieux comprendre les enjeux fondamentaux des sociétés, que celles-ci soient considérées comme « développées » ou en « voie de développement ». Il est clair que ma conception de la démographie est fortement teintée par ma formation...
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El éxodo de cada individuo es un triunfo del espíritu, el valor y el ingenio humano sobre las barreras que imponen los ricos. Desde este punto de vista, cualquier política migratoria que no sea la de puertas abiertas parece miserable. No obstante, la propia inmigración también puede tildarse de egoísta: los emprendedores dejan a su suerte a los menos capacitados.
En este ensayo Paul Collier intenta responder a todas las preguntas que plantea...
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Compendio de ensayos e investigaciones respecto al constante cambio demográfico de México. El libro se divide en cuatro secciones: Cambio Demográfico, Distribución de la Población, Población y Desarrollo y Política de Población. En estas cuatro secciones, los autores exploran las transformaciones que la población ha tenido en nuestro país, las afectaciones, y, sobre todo, hacen proyecciones a este respecto hacia un mediano plazo.
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One of the most influential works of its era on the subject of population growth Thomas Malthus's "An Essay on the Principle of Population" was first published anonymously in 1798. In it Malthus describes his "Iron Law of Population" which asserts that growing populations ultimately lead to a rising supply of labor that would inevitably lower wages and create an increasing rate of poverty. More specifically Malthus argues "The power of population...
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The Beltway Beast: Stealing from Future Generations and Destroying the Middle Class, transcends the anger and frustration of American people with their leaders failing to solve the country's problems. It documents our current reality and offers transformational ideas, such as shrinking the Presidential Primary process by utilizing technology, reducing healthcare cost through Smart Patient Credits, and using a Value Based Tax system that transfers...
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Look around you and think for a minute: Is America too crowded? For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation: people jostling for space on a planet that's busting at the seams and running out of oil and food and land and everything else. It's all bunk. The "population bomb" never exploded. Instead, statistics from around the world make clear that since the 1970s, we've been facing exactly the opposite problem: people are...
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Randall Collins is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of eleven books, including The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change, Four Sociological Traditions, and The Credential Society.
Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction...
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Who is Gen-Z? Why are Gen-Zers always online? Why should you care about Gen-Z?
The Gen-Z Book: The A to Z About Gen-Z answers those questions and more. Readers will understand what Generation Z is all about, why they are important, the impact they are making on our world today, and why we should value them. This book explores the intersection of Gen-Z, technology, and change, and encourages other generations to work with Gen-Z to create a more equitable...
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In 1798 the first ed. of this famous Essay on Population appeared. Its leading proposition, supported by much learning, is that while population increases approximately in a geometrical ratio, the means of subsistence do so in an arithmetical ratio only, which, of course, opened up an appalling prospect for the humanity.
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