MTU Library Catalogue

Readings on population / edited by David M. Heer.

Contributor(s): Heer, David M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Prentice-Hall readings in modern sociology series.Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1968Description: ix, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): DemographyDDC classification: 301.32
Contents:
Part 1: History of population growth -- Population growth and increase in the means of subsistence -- Demographic determinants of european population growth -- Part 2: Population distribution and density -- Urbanization -- Social effects of high population density -- Part 3: Mortality -- Elimination of malaria and mortality decline -- Economic development and mortality decline since world war II -- Biological and social causes of sex differences in mortality -- Part 4: Fertility -- A conceptual scheme for analyzing desired family size -- An explanation of the american baby boom following world war II -- The high fertility of the less developed nations -- Part 5: Migration -- Empirical generalization concerning migration -- Consequences of governmental control of international migration -- Part 6: Population policy -- Soviet population policy -- Effective implementation of fertility control programs -- Monetary incentives for accepting birth control.

Designed to supplement the author's Society and population.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: History of population growth -- Population growth and increase in the means of subsistence -- Demographic determinants of european population growth -- Part 2: Population distribution and density -- Urbanization -- Social effects of high population density -- Part 3: Mortality -- Elimination of malaria and mortality decline -- Economic development and mortality decline since world war II -- Biological and social causes of sex differences in mortality -- Part 4: Fertility -- A conceptual scheme for analyzing desired family size -- An explanation of the american baby boom following world war II -- The high fertility of the less developed nations -- Part 5: Migration -- Empirical generalization concerning migration -- Consequences of governmental control of international migration -- Part 6: Population policy -- Soviet population policy -- Effective implementation of fertility control programs -- Monetary incentives for accepting birth control.