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Stauffer, Cheryl Lynn, Ed. – 2000
This booklet focuses on eight elements of population dynamics: "Population Growth and Distribution"; "Natural Increase and Future Growth"; "Effect of Migration on Population Growth"; "Three Patterns of Population Change"; "Patterns of World Urbanization"; "The Status of Women";…
Descriptors: Demography, Females, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Haupt, Arthur; Kane, Thomas T. – 1988
Demography is the scientific study of populations. Population change has an impact on every facet of life. This revised handbook contains additional information on how to calculate the total fertility rate and life tables. The purpose of the handbook is to clarify and explain demographic terminology, to aid public understanding, and to assist…
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Global Approach, Instructional Materials
Kaul, Chandrika, Ed.; Tomaselli-Moschovitis, Valerie, Ed. – 1999
This statistical handbook is a user-friendly, up-to-date resource, and provides a thorough examination of the causes, effects, and ramifications of poverty throughout the developing world. The handbook contains more than 400 tables, graphs, and charts. In addition, it includes two special sections which contain information not consistently…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Gregory, Ross – 2003
This book offers an in-depth look at U.S. culture during a 45-year period when the threat of nuclear war loomed over millions worldwide, and post-World War II ideological tensions took form as an ever-deepening chasm separating two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The book finds that the national and global societies that…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Data, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries