Social Science : Demography

Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others--groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Among the new additions to the book are:. --The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union. --The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941. --An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico. --A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan. This new edition of A Different Mirror is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American. more...

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This book encompasses the whole history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing. more...

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The demographic foundations that we take for granted - an ever expanding and youthful population - are slipping beneath our feet. As people live longer and fewer children are born, a seismic shift is under way in the age profile of populations: the 'agequake'. The agequake is creating a world where more than half of Western populations will be over 40 but fitter and healthier than ever before, where well-educated workers can have their pick of jobs all over the world, and where the US is the second largest Spanish-speaking country. But it is also a world where house prices no longer rise inexorably, where governments are forced to renege on their pension commitments and where we could face the biggest bear market in history. more...

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Includes chapters that develop our understanding of the nature and measurement of transfers, their motives and mechanisms, and their macro-level dimensions. This book extends the traditional analysis of inter-generational transfers by examining different types of transfers, namely goods, money, assets, time, co-residence and visits. more...

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Applied Latent Class Analysis introduces several recent innovations in latent class analysis to a wider audience of researchers. Many of the world's leading innovators in the field of latent class analysis have contributed essays to this volume, each presenting a key innovation to the basic LCM. more...

Price: $80.00