Despite their comparative isolation from one another over many miles of ocean, the inhabitants of the many small atolls and islands of the western Pacific rarely constitute wholly independent economic, social, and political societies. The existence, methods, and reasons for this long distance interaction are disclosed in this study of the people of Lamotrek atoll in the western Caroline islands of Micronesia. • • • View More...
Unmarked offprint from Economic Development and Cultural Change, Volume 54, Number 3, April 2006. pp656-676.
This article argues that the key barriers to interdisciplinary work between economists and anthropologists are differences of methodology and epistemology. This article is an effort to stimulate discussions that lead economists and anthropologists to reexamine the assumptions and modes of analysis that prevail within the disciplines and to open up new conversations in new directions. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on cover. Sun faded cover. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. 158p. Measures 8x10.25 inches.
Slightly revised version of a thesis submitted for the degree in Geography at the University of Papua and New Guinea in January 1972. • • • View More...
A few small marks in book. Previous owner's name on cover. Describes the condition of poverty faced by 2,626,183 Californians, or 11.4 percent of the population. Tables and Figures. Glossary. Preface by Peter Ladany. 89p. • • • View More...
PhD thesis. Unmarked text. Topics include the growth of nonfamily households, old age correlates of living alone, etc. Figures/Tables. Bibliography. Appendices. 222p. • •• View More...
Unmarked. 36p. Includes the address to the National Leaders' Seminar on Population and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, July 11, 1984 and the address to the International Population Conference, Mexico City, August 7, 1984.
Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen (1923-2013) was President of the World Bank from 1981 to 1986. He was also President and CEO of Bank of America in 1970 and again in 1986. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. New forward by Patricia G. Steinhoff. 269p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. A comprehensive picture of fertility control in Japan in the 1980s and a portrayal of the role of sex in marital relations in at least one segment of contemporary Japanese society. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Study of the mechanism of evolution, the fundamental process of which is change in gene frequency. 64p. Index. Further reading. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Maps. De Blij demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. 308p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches. Index. Bibliography. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Third in a series of three published reports of enumerations carried out by local jurisdiction under Dept of Finance supervision for the period 1964 through 1969. 48p. Three-hole punched and stapled. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Some rubbing on dust jacket. Tables and illustrations. 216p. Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets (Book 64).
This monograph is a late-20th century attempt to appraise critically the research literature on the black family, In essence, the author's argument is that much of what passes for reality in this area is actually myth. Includes demographical status of black families, mating, family theory, child rearing and more. Bibliography. Index. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Partial mailing label on the back cover. 68p. A look at the demographic, economic, social, and political situation of Hispanics in the United States in 1984 and at the Ford Foundation's initiatives to address their needs. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Mailing label on back cover. A late twentieth century look at the demographic, technological, and educational causes of youth and adult unemployment and at some program responses of the Ford Foundation. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Contributors include Chris Bright, Christopher Flavin, Mia MacDonald, Anne Platt McGinn, Danielle Nierenberg, Payal Sampat, Janet Sawin, Molly O'Meara Sheehan and Howard Youth. Notes. Index. Charts, tables and figures. Topics include demographics, disease, enegy, urban studies and more. 243p. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Notes. 110p. Covers pre-industrial patterns, the demographic revolution in the late 18th century, the 19th century fall of fertility, present population patterns, the "three stages" theory of population growth, and thoughts for the future. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Foreword by Rene Dubos. 24 contributors, including Paul Ehrlich, Stewart L. Udall, Hazel Henderson, and George Wald. 225p. Published for the Council on Population and Environment. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Articles on suicide rates (1875-1985), voluntary labor, and an Israeli case of spousal variable in late adulthood. 80p. Measures 6.75x9.75 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Action Guide. Well illustrated. Includes a global population profile: 2000 (Matthew Christenson), Human Population Growth and Environmental Carrying Capacity (Davi L. Trauger, What Does Population Have to Do with US Foreign Policy? (Suzanne Petroni) and more. 42p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. A Pluto Press project. Shows the pressure points of the 1980s in text and dazzling maps the movement of troops, money, food, business, terror, etc. View More...
Unmarked text. Chipping and tears on unclipped dust jacket. Sections on India, Other Asiatic Countries and the Middle East, the US, Latin America and Europe, Methods of Fertility Control, etc. Contributors include Kumudini Dandekar, John B. Wyon and John E. Gordon, R. A. Gopalaswami, and others. 662p. Second printing. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Articles include "Return Migration and Changes in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina" by Groen and Polivka, "Metropolitan Context, Population Redistribution and Black and Hispanic Homeownership" by Flippen, "Gender and Migration from Albania" by Stecklov, Carletto, Azzarri and Davis, and more. pp 821-1087. • •• View More...
