Virginia Deane Abernethy

Population Pressure and Cultural Adjustment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Integrating research from anthropology, biology, and history, this provocative, brilliant book proposes a theory of demographic equilibrium. The author's hypothesis is that human beings, like many other species, are able to adjust their population numbers to the carrying capacity of the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 229mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781412804592
• ISBN-10: 1412804590
• Artikelnr.: 21861057

Autorenporträt

Virginia Deane Abernethy

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Theory of Population Homeostasis
2: Measures of Scarcity
3: Sociocultural Mechanisms Which Limit Population
4: The Evidence: Its Quality, Order of Presentation, and Material From Nonwestern Societies
5: The Sensitivity of Self-Contained Societies, and Other Sources of Evidence
6: Delayed Response to Population Pressure
7: Fertility Trends and Homeostatic Mechanisms in The United States
8: Conclusion