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Overview"This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on ""population"" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources from around the globe, written by scholars, politicians, journalists, and activists. Many of the sources are available in English for the first time. Background information is provided on each source. Together, the sources mirror the circumstances under which scientific knowledge about ""population"" was produced, how demography evolved as a discipline, and how demographic developments were interpreted and discussed in different political and cultural settings. Readers thereby gain insight into the historical precedents on debates on race, migration, reproduction, natural resources, development and urbanization, the role of statistics in the making of the nation state, and family structures and gender roles, among others. The reader is designed for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars in the fields of demography and population studies as well as to anyone interested in the history of science and knowledge." Full Product DetailsAuthor: The Population Knowledge Network (Jacobs University, Germany)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9781138061361ISBN 10: 1138061360 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 28 April 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Statistics, Nationhood and the State, Axel C. Hüntelmann 2. Colonial Demography: Discourses, rationalities, methods, Samuël Coghe and Alexandra Widmer 3. Organizations and Networks of Population Thinking in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Ursula Ferdinand and Petra Overath 4. Population in Space: Migration, geopolitics, and urbanization, Christiane Reinecke 5. Family, Sexuality, and Gender, Heinrich Hartmann and Corinna R. Unger 6. Population Problems in Modernization and Development: Positions and practices, Maria Dörnemann and Teresa Huhle 7. Contraceptive Technologies, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn 8. Natural Resources, Environment, and Population, Thomas RobertsonReviews'The book goes well beyond presenting annotated primary sources. In addition to the general introduction, there are eight highly informed essays, complete with historiographical clarifications and selected bibliographies for further reading.'Cahen Fabrice, Population 2017/1 (Vol. 72) Author InformationThe Population Knowledge Network was established in 2011 with support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Its goal is to study the history of demography in the twentieth century through a double lens: the lens of the history of knowledge and science together with the lens of social and political history. One of the network's main interests lies in the production, transfer, and application of demographic knowledge across geographic, cultural, social, and time differences, especially with regard to the interdependence between demography and politics. Our interest is based on the assumption that knowledge is produced in specific cultural and social contexts and that knowledge and scholars contribute to defining, and thus creating, social problems. Studying the history of demography, an academic discipline characterized by its close proximity to politics, promises valuable insights into this phenomenon. Second, the history of demography, which has been written only in part so far, deserves systematic attention because of its genuinely transnational character. Demography as an academic discipline and demographic knowledge evolved as products of transnational networks and discourses, which is supposedly reflected in its methods and approaches. Analyzing the history of demography as a transnational process should allow insight into the functioning of expert networks, the possibilities and limits of transferring knowledge, and the relation between national and transnational structures and developments. Third, the role and effects of demographic knowledge outside of Europe and the West need to be studied in greater detail, especially with regard to the relation between development politics and the Cold War. All three inquiries need to take seriously the genuinely interdisciplinary character of demography. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |