Books on Population Studies and Demography

Population Studies and Demography, Demographic transition

Human Population And Demography: A Guide To Reference And Information Sources (Social Sciences) Book by Jason Xiao Yu

Arab Political Demography: Population Growth And Natalist Policies (Sussex Studies in Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic) Book by Onn Winckler

Demography: The Science of Population Book by Jay Weinstein, Vijayan K. Pillai

Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes Book by Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot

Demography : The Study of Human Population David Yaukey, Douglas L. Anderton

Success or Failure? Family Planning Programs in the Third World (Studies in Population and Urban Demography) Book by Donald J. Hernandez

Asian Population History (International Studies in Demography) Book by Cuirong Liu, James Lee, David Sven Reher, Osamu Saito, Wang Feng, Ts'Ui-Jung Liu (Editors)

The Demography of African Americans 1930-1990 (Plenum Series - Demographic Methods and Population Analysis) I.T. Elo, S.H. Preston, Mark E. Hill, Ira Rosenwaike

Population and Poverty in the Developing World (International Studies in Demography)
Book by Massimo Livi Bacci, Gustavo De Santis, Massimo Livi-Bacci (Editors)

Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue between Epidemiology and Demography Book by Maxine Weinstein, Albert I. Hermalin, Michael A. Stoto

Demography of the Black Population in the United States : An Annotated Bibliography with a Review Essay Book by Jamshid A. Momeni

Population and Ethno-Demography in Vietnam Book by Dien Khong, Khong Dien

Formal Demography (The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis) Book by David P. Smith

Reviews:

Demography: The Science of Population Book by Jay Weinstein, Vijayan K. Pillai
A comprehensive book that emphasizes the major techniques, methods, and data sources of contemporary population studies. Written by a sociologist and a demographer, the book's principal aim is to improve the students' skills primarily as consumers and secondarily as producers of demographic information. The book takes an applied interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing demographic resources such as software, data sets, journals, and the Internet. For anyone interested in population studies.

Demography : The Study of Human Population by David Yaukey, Douglas L. Anderton
Introduction to demography that reflects the field's evolution into a rich and diversified discipline. Iincorporates a broad range of the latest demographic theories as well as timely examples. Two new chapters--"Morbidity and Health" and "Population Diversity"--mirror the changing interests and growing breadth of demographic research. Demography,

Success or Failure? Family Planning Programs in the Third World (Studies in Population and Urban Demography) Book by Donald J. Hernandez
Looks at Third World socioeconomic situations and past programs in family planning, and offer readers a good background in population studies.

Asian Population History (International Studies in Demography) Book by Cuirong Liu, James Lee, David Sven Reher, Osamu Saito, Wang Feng, Ts'Ui-Jung Liu (Editors) "'Population history' is probably a broader chronological concept than 'historical demography' and allows a closer approach to the present time..."

The Demography of African Americans 1930-1990 (The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis) by I.T. Elo, S.H. Preston, Mark E. Hill, Ira Rosenwaike
African Americans constitute one of the most interesting and dynamic components of the population of the United States.  This work is of particular interest to demographers, sociologists and students of ethnic studies.

Population and Poverty in the Developing World (International Studies in Demography)
Book by Massimo Livi Bacci, Gustavo De Santis, Massimo Livi-Bacci (Editors)
This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and what can be done to eradicate it.

Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialogue between Epidemiology and Demography Book by Maxine Weinstein, Albert I. Hermalin, Michael A. Stoto
Population Health is an emerging field that draws heavily on two disciplines: demography and epidemiology. In recent years, as demographers have become increasingly interested in health transitions and trajectories and as epidemiologists have become increasingly interested in population-level disease dynamics.

Demography of the Black Population in the United States : An Annotated Bibliography with a Review Essay Book by Jamshid A. Momeni
Researchers concerned with population growth and movements will find this work invaluable. A rather generalized introduction to the subject is provided under the title `Black Demography: A Review Essay,' a well-documented summary of writings from the past 100 years. Those concerned with demographic studies about blacks in the U.S. will find Demography of the Black Population in the United States convenient and reliable.

Population and Ethno-Demography in Vietnam Book by Dien Khong, Khong Dien
Presents a wealth of statistics on the ethnography of Vietnam, focusing primarily on the last few decades. It analyzes the ethnic compositio of the population, indetifying each of the 54 ethnic groups and sub-groups by name, geographical distribution, and linguistic origin. Other factors covered are population structure, population gowth, and the relationship between population and socioeconomic development.

Formal Demography (The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis) David P. Smith - Nontechnical introductory text in current demographic methods. In general, the methods emphasized are relevant to both the social sciences and health professions.