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Dictionary of Demography [2 volumes] - Set. Terms, Concepts, and Institutions (Hardcover)
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Dictionary of Demography [2 volumes] - Set. Terms, Concepts, and Institutions (Hardcover)
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The scope of this Dictionary is the past and present determinants
and consequences of population trends throughout the world. With
the collaboration of an international panel of fifty-seven experts,
authors William Petersen and Renee Petersen have included not only
the subject matter of demography and related disciplines but the
institutional setting and results of research in countries around
the world. The subject matter of formal demography is given its
proper prominent place. Such terms as cohort are defined, such
tools as the life table and the computer are described, and key
topics like fertility, mortality, and migration are expounded in
essays of some depth. Medical terms that one is likely to find in a
work on demography are defined, and there are full discussions of
major diseases of the past and of current causes of death. Notable
demographic studies are described. Several dozen computer programs,
usually labelled only with their acronyms, are identified and
described. Other entries detail the effect on population trends of
political movements, major religions, and membership in particular
ethnic groups. Almost every entry is supplemented by a list of
references to sources of additional information. A very full index
notes every mention of persons, countries, and major topics of
demographic analysis, organizing the Dictionary's great store of
information for quick and easy reference.
General
Imprint: |
Greenwood Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 1986 |
First published: |
December 1986 |
Volume editors: |
William Petersen
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Dimensions: |
294 x 366 x 159mm (L x W x H) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
1772 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-24134-5 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-313-24134-1 |
Barcode: |
9780313241345 |
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