Population and Society by Poston Jr Dudley L
This comprehensive yet accessible textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first course in demography. Clearly explaining technical demographic issues without using extensive mathematics, Population and Society is sociologically oriented, but incorporates a variety of social sciences in its approach, including economics, political science, geography, and history. It highlights the significant impact of decision-making at the individual level - especially regarding fertility, but also mortality and migration - on population change. The text engages students by providing numerous examples of demography's practical applications in their lives, and demonstrates the extent of its relevance by examining a wide selection of data from the United States, Africa, Asia, and Europe. This thoroughly revised edition includes four new chapters, covering topics such as race and sexuality, and encourages students to consider the broad implications of population growth and change for global challenges such as environmental degradation.
Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Sociology, held positions at the University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University and, most recently, Texas A & M University. Here, he held the Abell Endowed Professor of Liberal Arts. He was also an adjunct professor at three universities in China. He has coauthored or edited twnety-four books and has authored or coauthored more than 400 journal articles, book chapters and opinion pieces on various sociological and demographic topics. Teresa A. Sullivan taught demography courses at the University of Chicago, the University of Texas-Austin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia. She was President of the University of Virginia, Provost of the University of Michigan, and Vice President and Graduate Dean at the University of Texas-Austin. She chaired the National Academies panel on the accuracy of the 2020 Census, publishing a separate book on the 2020 Census. Her demographic specialty is labor force and related issues, and she has applied her knowledge in books analyzing consumer bankruptcy, work and labor force, and underemployment.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009696913 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009696912 |
| Title | Population and Society |
| Author | Poston Jr Dudley L |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2026-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 475 |
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