Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Economic conditions    3. History    4. Jewish businesspeople    5. Jews    6. Jews In The U.S.    7. Judaism    8. Judaism - General    9. Louisiana    10. Sociology    11. United States - State & Local - General   

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Scholarly summary of taboo subject.
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Subjects:  1. Birth control    2. Contraception    3. Demography    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. General    6. Japan    7. Marriage    8. Population Control    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Sociology - General    12. Anthropology    13. Birth control, contraception, family planning    14. Family & Relationships-General    15. Gender Studies    16. Population & demography    17. Social Science / Demography    18. Social Science / Sociology / General    19. Social Science-Sociology - General    20. Women's studies   

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The Janus face of history
Writing of one's own land carries certain risks.If the view is too internally focussed, the dynamics of human movements are omitted.Yet a study giving an overview of our migrations around the planet may just as easily skip past details of nation forming.National histories have a tendency to reinforce local mythologies and traditions.Global views, on the other hand, overlook those traditional icons.David Miles has struck a fine balance with this study of British societies down the ages.
Adequate history, but not special.Where are the maps?
An adequate overview of the history of the British Isles, but I have to agree with another reviewer's judgment of "not what I expected." I was anticipating a full volume that focused on the pre-Roman history of the British Isles and the different peoples known from ancient sources and archeological investigation. But that is all over and done with in the first fifth of the book. Then it's on to the Romans and medieval invaders like the Angles, Saxons and Vikings -- fairly well covered territory.
Not what I expected
I was expecting an analysis of the British population based on DNA.There was virtually none of that in here.It is a mildly interesting history of Britain. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Archaeology    3. Demographic Archaeology    4. Europe - Great Britain - General    5. Europe - Ireland    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. British & Irish history    10. ETHNOLOGY_GREAT BRITAIN    11. ETHNOLOGY_IRELAND    12. GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY    13. IRELAND_HISTORY    14. Population & demography    15. Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural    16. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Demography    3. Government policy    4. Housing    5. Slums    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Urban poor    10. Development studies    11. Social Science / Sociology / Rural    12. Urban & municipal planning    13. Urban communities   

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Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. History: World    7. United States    8. United States - General    9. American history    10. History / General    11. Population & demography    12. Social groups & communities    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Failure time data analysis    2. Mathematical Statistics    3. Mathematics    4. Probability & Statistics - General    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Mathematics / Statistics    7. Population & demography    8. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Demography    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Reference    7. African history: BCE to c 500 CE    8. Ancient Egypt    9. Egypt - Population - History    10. History / Ancient / General    11. Population & demography   

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. General    3. Political Science    4. Politics - Current Events    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Population    8. Reference    9. History of ideas, intellectual history    10. Political Science / Reference    11. Population & demography   

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. History & Theory - General    3. Political Process - General    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. U.S. Lobbies And Interest Groups    8. Political Science / General    9. Political science & theory    10. Political structures: democracy    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. Globalization    3. Human settlements    4. Municipal services    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - Urban    10. Urban & Regional    11. Urban policy    12. Urban poor    13. Urbanization    14. Architecture / Planning    15. Human geography    16. Reference works    17. Regional & Area Planning    18. Urban communities   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Demography    3. Discrimination in employment    4. Ethnology    5. General    6. Labor & Industrial Relations    7. Labor Force    8. Labor supply    9. Uzbekistan   

Subjects:  1. Computer Simulation    2. Life Sciences - Ecology    3. Life Sciences - Evolution    4. Organic Evolution    5. Population biology    6. Science    7. Sociology    8. Computer modelling & simulation    9. Ecological science, the Biosphere    10. Human ecology    11. Population & demography    12. Science / Ecology   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Blacks    6. Blacks In The U.S.    7. Dictionaries    8. General    9. People of Color    10. United States    11. Biography: historical    12. Biography: political    13. Black studies    14. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    15. Population & demography    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Asian Americans    2. Asians In The U.S.    3. Ethnic Studies - General    4. Multicultural Nonfiction    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. United States - General    9. Ethnic studies    10. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    11. Population & demography    12. USA   

Editorial Review

The best thing about this book is that it doesn't answer the question asked in its title. At least not directly. Joel Cohen understands that nobody really knows how many people can fit on our planet, thanks to constant technological advances in areas like crop yield. He is rightly skeptical of the Malthusian doomsayers who constantly predict catastrophe, but also shows that current rates of population growth cannot continue forever. A more extended discussion of politics might have helped--China's horrific one-child rule barely comes up--but for an honest treatment of human population dynamics, this is a very good source. ... Read more

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Never arrived to my home
I bought this book, then I recieved and invitation to rieview it, but I can not do this review because the book never arrived to my home (of course they took my money from my credit card). I guess I will have to buy it somewhere else.

What we know about constraints on population growth
Obviously, the population of the world has been growing dramatically for the past few centuries.How high can it go?At how high a level can it be maintained? What restrictions are placed by the available resources, such as food and water?
Typically naive
Using the Rule Of 70, a population which grows at 1% per annum doubles in 70 years. A population which grows at 2 % doubles in 35 years. Both are considered fine examples of exponential growth (each at a constant rate of growth, producing a lovely exponential curve). The question is, if a population grows at variable rates, but always between 1 and 2 % (and thusRead more

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. Economic aspects    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental Studies    5. Population    6. Population density    7. Population forecasting    8. Sociology    9. Population & demography   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    3. Guatemala    4. History - General History    5. Latin America - Central America    6. Mayas    7. Migration (Social Aspects)    8. Migrations    9. Native Americans - History    10. North America    11. Relocation    12. Social Science    13. Sociology    14. United States    15. American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500    16. Ethnic studies    17. Population & demography    18. Social & cultural anthropology    19. The Americas   

Subjects:  1. Current Affairs    2. Demography    3. International    4. Social Stratification    5. Sociology    6. Sociology - General    7. Social classes   

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: World    5. Human Geography    6. North America    7. North American    8. Population    9. Population Geography    10. Social Science    11. United States - General    12. American history    13. History / United States / General    14. North America--Population--History    15. Population & demography    16. USA   

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Women of the West
Women of the West is a great book.It tells of the women who endured so much to make a home for their families.This book is told through thier writings in their journals, so it comes first hand.I love the fact that if it weren't for the Women of the West, the west would have never been settled.

Tribute to the 19th century Western Women
For myself, my burgeoning interest for anything related to 1850's western life was prompted by a visit to Bodie, a ghost town on the Eastern Sierras in California.Amazingly intact, this mining town preserves life as it was back then, down to the most minute detail and one that you can visualize through windows, storefronts and streets as you walk through the town. A trip to the museum offered more incredibly intimate and thought provoking glimpses into what the people's lives were like in those days. The life they lived was very difficult as profiled by the many wonderful books and resources sold there and available all along the Eastern Sierra towns. I purchased a few books detailing the history and people of Bodie. Soon, I became fascinated by the experiences the women had.Of the many books I have bought, I found this one, _Women of the West_ to be truly one of the best when it comes to portraying and historically presenting authentic writings and pictures of the nineteenth century "pioneer" women in the Western United States. Real Faces, Real Lives
I think we tend to forget that people and times in the past were as alive and could be as complex as things are today. I think this book could be summed up by the picture of the woman receiving title to her land. She'sarranged for a photographer to come to her home, instead of posing at thestudio. The land agent has affably agreed to travel to her home andparticipates in the pose the woman surely thought of herself: the act ofhanding over title to the land. One other interesting thing is that sheisn't wearing a hat or bonnet - she wants everyone to see her face. She'sstanding in front of her house wearing her best outfit, not looking at theagent, but looking at the camera, her face reflecting the pride of hard-wonindependence and well-earned ownership.Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - U.S.    3. History: American    4. U.S. Local History - Western United States    5. United States - 19th Century    6. United States - 19th Century/Old West    7. Women In The U.S.    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Women's Studies - History    10. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    11. Local history    12. Population & demography    13. Social history    14. USA    15. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Community    2. Community life    3. Community organization    4. General    5. Psychology    6. Sociology - General    7. Population & demography    8. Social, group or collective psychology