TY - BOOK AU - Macbeth,Helen M. AU - Collinson,Paul TI - Human population dynamics: cross-disciplinary perspectives T2 - The Biosocial Society symposium series SN - 0521808650 AV - HB871 .H874 2002eb U1 - 304.6 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Population KW - Congresses KW - Sociobiology KW - Social evolution KW - Demography KW - Sociobiologie KW - Congrès KW - Évolution sociale KW - Démographie KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Samfundsvidenskab KW - Sociologi KW - proceedings (reports) KW - aat KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - lcgft KW - Actes de congrès KW - rvmgf N1 - "This volume arises from the fifteenth workshop of the Biosocial Society, which was held at the Pauling Human Science centre, Oxford, in 2000"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the framework of studying human population dynamics / Helen Macbeth and Paul Collinson -- Demographic perspectives on human population dynamics / Andrew Hinde -- The growing concentration of world population from 1950 to 2050 / John I. Clarke -- Population, community and society in peasant societies / Robert Layton -- From genetic variation to population dynamics: insights into the biological understanding of humans / Jaume Bertranpetit and Francesc Calafell -- Social institutions and demographic regimes in non-industrial societies: a comparative approach / Richard Smith -- The dynamics of child survival / Emily K. Rousham and Louise T. Humphrey -- Genetic structure of south Indian caste populations: a confluence of biology and culture / L.B Jorde [and others] -- Fertility, mortality and migration transitions in association with socioeconomic modernization among highland minority populations in Southeast Asia / Peter Kunstadter -- Ecology, homeostasis and survival in human population dynamics / Robert Attenborough N2 - Human Population Dynamics is an introductory text demonstrating how changes in human population structure can be addressed from multi-disciplinary perspectives. As such, it contains contributions from specialists in demography, social and biological anthropology, genetics, biology, sociology, ecology and human geography. This text is aimed at academic researchers, graduates and undergraduates UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=120230 ER -