World population in transition / edited by Kingsley Davis.

Author
American Academy of Political and Social Science [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1945.
Description
viii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The world demographic transition / Kingsley Davis
  • The changing population of the United States / Philip M. Hauser and Conrad Taeuber
  • Demographic status of South America / Halbert L. Dunn, Hope Tisdale Eldridge, and Nora P. Powell
  • Population problems in Central and Caribbean America / Alberto P. León and Alvaro Aldama C.
  • Population trends in postwar Europe / Dudley Kirk
  • Russia's growing population / M. Kantorovitz Gordon
  • The demographic heritage of the Japanese Empire / Irene B. Taeuber and Edwin G. Beal
  • Population prospects for China and Southeastern Asia / Warren S. Thompson
  • Population problems in the British overseas dominions / Enid Charles
  • The peoples of the Mohammedan world / Ernest Jurkat and Louise K. Kiser
  • Demographic consequences of European contact with primitive peoples / S.F. Cook
  • Trends, determinants, and control in human fertility / P.K. Whelpton and Clyde V. Kiser
  • Trends in longevity / Louis I. Dublin and Alfred J. Lotka
  • Infant and maternal mortality in the modern world / Jacob Yerushalmy
  • The trend toward an older population / John D. Durand
  • Sickness and health: their measurement, distribution, and changes / Selwyn D. Collins
  • Pressures and barriers in future migration / Edward P. Hutchinson and Wilbert E. Moore
  • Relocation of Europeans / Imre Ferenczi
  • Population and per capita income / Joseph J. Spengler
  • Issues of population policy / Frank Lorimer.
LCCN
45001796
OCLC
171284
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