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More About This Title The Growth of Humanity
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* How populations grow: history, methods, and principles of demography
* Basic principles of human growth and development
* Evolution of human life history
* Food, demography, and growth
* Migration and human health
* Anthropometric history
* The aging of humanity
* And much more
The Growth of Humanity is appropriate as an introduction for graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying human growth/development and demography while also proving to be a fascinating read for demographers, anthropologists, and human biologists.
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Barry Bogin was born in Philadelphia in 1950. He is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Bogin received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University in 1977. Before joining the faculty at UM-Dearborn in 1982 he was a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City and Assistant Professor at Wayne State University.
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Series Introduction.
Of Populations and People.
How Populations Grow: History, Methods, and Principles of Demography.
How People Grow.
Evolution of the Human Life History.
Food, Demography, and Growth.
Migration and Human Health.
Growth of Humanity.
The Aging of Humanity.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
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"...this book would be a wonderful text...it could be used for a wide array of courses...reflects the breadth of human biological research and...provides an important and exciting step in building a much-needed theoretical framework..." (American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 1, January/February 2002)
"...excellent, skillfully written volume...It will serve as a valuable textbook for many courses...In fact, anyone with intellectual curiosity about the biological and social history of human populations will find a wealth of authoritative information...a novel approach to many subjects familiar to demographers, evolutionists, developmental biologists, and other life scientists. They should read it." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2002)
this book should be an integral part of reading lists of all population-related courses (Population and Development Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, June 2002) The Growth of Humanity provides a unique and compelling perspective on human demography by placing it firmly in the broader context of human ecology and biology. It is a beautifully written work that should be equally stimulating to students, teachers, and anyone interested in either the human past or the human future. -- Peter T. Ellison, Harvard College Profesor of Anthropology, Harvard University, and author of On Fertile Ground
This text will provide students with a broad vision of the interactions between the growth of humans (in size) and the growth of humankind (in numbers). It is written in the matter-of-fact style that characterizes Bogin's work, and is full of great examples. -- Darna L. Dufour, Chair, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder