Barry Bogin

Gebundenes Buch

The Growth of Humanity

Beschreibung

The Growth of Humanity Barry Bogin The growth of human populations and human physical growth are intimately related, and their combined study links several fields including anthropology, demography, economics, and history. The Growth of Humanity provides an introduction to key concepts, methods of research, and essential discoveries in the fields of human demography and human growth and development, particularly in relation to disease, nutrition, and aging. This book explains the evolution and significance of human life history, especially human childhood and adolescence, and shows how new stages of human development lead inextricably to the growth of the entire human population. Providing a comprehensive and exciting biocultural perspective into the uses of demography in the real world, this first volume in the new Wiley series, Foundations of Human Biology, explains how and why the way people grow leads to greater human reproductive success than that of any other mammal. Written in an appealing, accessible style, The Growth of Humanity reviews such topics as: * How populations grow: history, methods, and principles of demography * Basic principles of human growth and development * Evolution of human life history * Food, demography, and growth * Migration and human health * Anthropometric history * The aging of humanity * And much more The Growth of Humanity is appropriate as an introduction for graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying human growth/development and demography while also proving to be a fascinating read for demographers, anthropologists, and human biologists.

Autor

Barry Bogin was born in Philadelphia in 1950. He is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Bogin received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University in 1977. Before joining the faculty at UM-Dearborn in 1982 he was a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City and Assistant Professor at Wayne State University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780471354482
• ISBN-10: 0471354481
• Artikelnr.: 21911635

Rezensionen

"...using historical and archaeological evidence unavailable to thebards, Bogin...shows that both the human population and the humanbody are getting larger, and argues that the two phenomena areintimately linked..." (Reference & Research Book News, Vol. 16,No. 3, August 2001)

"...this book would be a wonderful text...it could be used for awide array of courses...reflects the breadth of human biologicalresearch and...provides an important and exciting step in buildinga much-needed theoretical framework..." (American Journal of HumanBiology, Vol. 1, January/February 2002)

"...excellent, skillfully written volume...It will serve as avaluable textbook for many courses...In fact, anyone withintellectual curiosity about the

biological and social history ofhuman populations will find a wealth of authoritativeinformation...a novel approach to many subjects familiar todemographers, evolutionists, developmental biologists, and otherlife scientists. They should read it." (The Quarterly Review ofBiology, June 2002)

this book should be an integral part of reading lists of allpopulation-related courses (Population and Development Review, Vol.28, No. 3, June 2002)The Growth of Humanity provides a unique and compelling perspectiveon human demography by placing it firmly in the broader context ofhuman ecology and biology. It is a beautifully written work thatshould be equally stimulating to students, teachers, and anyoneinterested in either the human past or the human future. -- PeterT. Ellison, Harvard College Profesor of Anthropology, HarvardUniversity, and author of On Fertile Ground

This text will provide students with a broad vision of theinteractions between the growth of humans (in size) and the growthof humankind (in numbers). It is written in the matter-of-factstyle that characterizes Bogin's work, and is full of greatexamples. -- Darna L. Dufour, Chair, Anthropology Department,University of Colorado, Boulder