Human population dynamics

✍ Scribed by Macbeth H., Collinson P. (eds.)

• Publisher: CUP
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 242
• Series: Biosocial Society Symposium Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
1 Introduction: the framework of studying human population dynamics......Page 19
The structure of this volume......Page 25
The contemporary and future dynamics of human populations......Page 30
Acknowledgements......Page 33
References......Page 34
Introduction......Page 35
Some demographic fundamentals......Page 36
Formal demographic models of population change......Page 38
Population dynamics in the short to medium term......Page 44
Population momentum......Page 47
Population dynamics in the long term......Page 50
The theory of demographic transition......Page 53
Conclusion......Page 56
References......Page 57
Rapid world population growth......Page 59
Populations of states......Page 61
Most population growth in LDCs......Page 63
Increasing demographic diversity of LDCs......Page 64
Changing continental balance in population distribution......Page 67
Subtly changing boundaries of the inhabited area......Page 69
Population redistribution and regional concentration......Page 71
Massive acceleration in the urban population......Page 74
Unprecedented growth of mega-cities......Page 76
Growing environmental impacts of mega-cities......Page 79
Conclusion......Page 80
References......Page 81
Definitions......Page 83
The intrinsic properties of the individual and the emergent properties of interaction......Page 84
Genes and society in the transition between foraging and peasant farming......Page 86
Population growth......Page 88
Inheritance......Page 89
The household, production and inter-household relationships in the community......Page 92
External relations......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 96
References......Page 97
The extent of human biological variation......Page 101
Variation at the molecular level......Page 103
3 The (geographic) structure of the variation.......Page 104
Variation and divergence: what makes a human human?......Page 106
Genetics and the evolutionary process......Page 107
Impact of evolutionary forces......Page 109
Mutation......Page 110
2 How can one measure the strength of selection acting on the frequency of characteristics in a group?......Page 111
Genetic drift......Page 113
Migration......Page 114
Genome versus population understanding......Page 116
Gene trees and the ethnogenesis process......Page 118
References......Page 119
6 Social institutions and demographic regimes in non-industrial societies: a comparative approach......Page 121
The Malthusian model......Page 123
Demographic homeostasis in West European peasant society......Page 127
The nuptiality valve in the English case before the mid-nineteenth century......Page 130
Some demographic correlates of joint household formation systems......Page 133
The traditional Chinese household formation system and its demographic correlates......Page 135
West Africa......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 137
References......Page 138
Introduction......Page 142
Populations with high child mortality......Page 143
The decline of infant and child mortality......Page 146
Populations with low child mortality......Page 151
Early survival and later morbidity......Page 153
Seasonality......Page 154
References......Page 155
8 Genetic structure of south Indian caste populations: a confluence of biology and culture......Page 159
Study populations......Page 162
Laboratory and statistical methods......Page 163
Results......Page 164
Discussion......Page 169
References......Page 172
Laboratory methods......Page 176
Statistical methods......Page 178
Introduction......Page 180
Determinants of primary population variables......Page 181
Lua’ model – conscientious conservationism......Page 182
Hmong model: exploitation of resources on an expanding frontier......Page 185
Major external changes affecting population dynamics......Page 190
Lua’ responses to population growth......Page 191
Hmong responses to population growth......Page 193
Effects of exogenous changes on population and ethnic boundaries......Page 195
Consequences for population dynamics of ethnic labelling of minorities by the dominant majority......Page 198
Conclusions......Page 199
Acknowledgements......Page 200
References......Page 201
Introduction......Page 204
Population change and homeostasis......Page 206
Human demography and animal population ecology......Page 207
Expected ranges for demographic variables......Page 208
Closed ecosystems and small remote places......Page 212
Historical demography as population ecology......Page 214
The case of historical Java......Page 217
Conclusion......Page 221
References......Page 223
Glossary......Page 227
Index......Page 236