Human Population Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives

Human Population Dynamics introduces theoretical frameworks and methodologies from different traditional disciplines to demonstrate how changes in human population structure can be addressed from several different academic perspectives. The book contains contributions from world-renowned researchers in demography, social and biological anthropology, genetics, biology, sociology, ecology, history and human geography. In particular, the contributors emphasize the lability of many population structures and boundaries, as viewed from their area of expertise.

An introductory text on human population dynamics from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

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The contributors represent disciplines ranging from evolution to pediatrics, but mostly anthropology, and are from countries ranging from India to Spain, but mostly Britain and the US. They write for researchers in other specialties, which means the technical level should be accessible to general readers as well. The glossary does not indicate pronunciation. The 10 studies are from a 2000 workshop of the Biosocial Society, held in Oxford, England. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Helen Macbeth is an Honorary Research Fellow and retired Principal Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University.

Paul Collinson is an Honorary Research Fellow and former Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University.