Anthropological Demography: Toward a New Synthesis - Rilegato

Conference On Anthropological Demography (1994 Brown University)

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ISBN 10: 0226431959 ISBN 13: 9780226431956

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Although in its early years anthropology often used demographic research and showed interest in demographic issues, anthropology and demography have more recently grown to distrust each other's guiding assumptions and methods. Demographers have stressed universal causal models and standardized survey methods, while sociocultural anthropologists have increasingly focused on the uniqueness of different peoples and their cultures.

Showing that the two disciplines have much to offer each other, this book bridges the demography/anthropology divide. The editors begin the volume with an in-depth historical account of the relations between the fields. Eminent contributors from both disciplines then examine the major issues and controversies in anthropological demography, including the demographic implications of differing family and kinship systems; the influence of new developments in cultural, gender, and identity theory on population study; the limits of quantitative approaches in demographic study; and demographers' views of the limits of anthropological methods.

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In its early years anthropology often used demographic research, but the two disciplines have recently grown to distrust each other's assumptions and methods. In order to show that they have much to offer each other, this book seeks to bridge the demography/anthropology divide. The book begins with an historical account of the relations between the fields, then examines the major issues and controversies in anthropological demography, including the demographic implications of differing family and kinship systems; the influence of new developments in cultural, gender and identity theory on population study; the limits of quantitative approaches in demographic study; and demographers' view of the limits of anthropological methods.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226431959
• ISBN 13: 9780226431956
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 294
• Redattore: Kertzer David I., Fricke Thomas E.
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