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Book reviewed in this issue. How to Save a Crowded Planet: A Review Essay Review of Jeffrey D. Sachs, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by John Cleland Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by Malcolm Potts Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by Dennis Hodgson Arland Thornton , William G. Axinn, and Yu Xie Marriage and Cohabitation Isabella Aboderín Intergenerational Support and Old Age in Africa Robert Engelman More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want SHORT REVIEWS by John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll, Adam Weiner Daniela Del Boca and Cécile Wetzels (eds .) Social Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood: A Comparative Analysis of European Countries Marito Garcia and Jean Fares (eds .) Youth in Africa's Labor Market Alan D. Lopez , Colin D. Mathers , Majid Ezzati , Dean T. Jamison , and Christopher J. L. Murray Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors James Raymer and Frans Willekens (eds .) International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates Lisa Ann Richey Population Politics and Development: From the Policies to the Clinics United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World World Health Organization WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008: The MPOWER Package     

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Lester R. Brown Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble Paul A. David and Mark Thomas (eds .) The Economic Future in Historical Perspective Sarah Earle and Gayle Letherby (eds .) Gender, Identity and Reproduction: Social Perspectives Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future Wolfgang Lutz , Warren C. Sanderson, and Sergei Scherbov (eds .) The End of Population Growth in the 21st Century: New Challenges for Human Capital Formation and Sustainable Development Maura I. Toro -Morn and Marixsa Alicea (eds .) Migration and Immigration: A Global View United Nations , Population Division World Fertility Report: 2003 Adam Wagstaff and Mariam Claeson The Millennium Development Goals for Health: Rising to the Challenges     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Córmac Ó Gráda
Famine: A Short History Brian P. Cooper
Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798–1859 Richard Alba
Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America Onn Winckler
Arab Political Demography: Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies
Revised and expanded second edition SHORT REVIEWS
by John Bongaarts, Eric P. Green, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll Cai Fang and Du Yang (eds .)
The China Population and Labor Yearbook, Volume 1: The Approaching Lewis Turning Point and Its Policy Implications Jessica Cohen and William Easterly (eds .)
What Works in Development? Thinking Big and Thinking Small Bjørn Lomborg (ed .)
Global Crises, Global Solutions. Second edition. Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development
Pensions at a Glance 2009: Retirement‐income Systems in OECD Countries United Nations Population Division
Completing the Fertility Transition, Population Bulletin of the United Nations, Special Issue Nos. 48/49 2002 World Bank
World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change Tiantian Zheng
Ethnographies of Prostitution in Contemporary China: Gender Relations, HIV/AIDS, and Nationalism     

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Books reviewed in this article: Lourdes Benería with Savitri Blsnath (eds.), Gender and Development: Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches Margaret Jolly and Kalpana Ram (eds.), Borders of Being: Citizenship, Fertility, and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific John Loxley, Interdependence, Disequilibrium and Growth: Reflections on the Political Economy of North‐South Relations at the Turn of the Century William Petersen, From Birth to Death: A Consumer's Guide to Population Studies Zeba Ayesha Sathar and James F. Phillips (eds.), Fertility Transition in South Asia M. A. B. Siddique (ed.), International Migration into the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard Ewa Tabeau, Anneke van den Berg Jeths, and Christopher Heathcote (eds.), Forecasting Mortality in Developed Countries: Insights from a Statistical, Demographic and Epidemiological Perspective Arne Tostensen, Inge Tvedten, and Mariken Vaa (eds.), Associational Life in African Cities: Popular Responses to the Urban Crisis United Nations Population Fund, The State of World Population 2001. Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change     

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Books reviewed in this article: Helen Macbeth and Paul Collinson (eds.) Human Population Dynamics: Cross‐Disciplinary Perspectives Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd (eds.) Training and Support of Developing‐Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report Erin Phelps, Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., and Anne Colby (eds.) Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, and John O. Niles (eds.) Climate Change Policy: A Survey United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statistical Yearbook 2001: Refugees, Asylum‐seekers and Other Persons of Concern—Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions World Bank World Development Report 2003. Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World: Transforming Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life World Health Organization World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life     

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Books reviewed in this article: Majid Ezzati , Alan D. Lopez , Anthony Rodgers, and Christopher J. L. Murray (eds. ) Comparative Quantification of Health Risks: Global and Regional Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risk Factors Terence H. Hull (ed. ) People, Population, and Policy in Indonesia Gavin W. Jones and Mehtab S. Karim (eds .) Islam, the State and Population Policy Sarah Michael Undermining Development: The Absence of Power among Local NGOs in Africa Lisa Smyth Abortion and Nation: The Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Ireland United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and United Nations Population Fund The New Demographic Regime: Population Challenges and Policy Responses Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed .) European Migration: What Do We Know?     

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Books reviewed in this article: Max Essex, Souleymane Mboup, Phyllis J. Kanki, Richard G. Marlink, and Sheila D. Tlou (eds.) AIDS in Africa, Second Edition Virginie Guiraudon and Christian Joppke (eds.) Controlling a New Migration World Anke Niehof and Firman Lubis (eds.) Two Is Enough: Family Planning in Indonesia under the New Order 1968–1998 Donald T. Rowland Demographic Methods and Concepts Thomas Scharping Birth Control in China, 1949–2000: Population Policy and Demographic Development Nelly P. Stromquist Education in a Globalized World: The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge United Nations World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision Yunxiang Yan Private Life Under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949–1999     

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John M. BarryThe Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families Brígida García, Richard Anker, and Antonella Pinnelli (eds.) Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues Samuel P. HuntingtonWho Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity Herbert S. KleinA Population History of the United States Jean Elisabeth PedersenLegislating the French Family: Feminism, Theater, and Republican Politics, 1870–1920 Peter SingerOne World: The Ethics of Globalization Jagdish BhagwatiIn Defense of Globalization Vanessa L. FongOnly Hope: Coming of Age Under China's One‐Child Policy Arianne M. Gaetano and Tamara Jacka (eds.) On the Move: Women in Rural‐to‐Urban Migration in Contemporary China Peter S. HellerWho Will Pay? Coping with Aging Societies, Climate Change, and Other Long‐Term Fiscal Challenges Phillip LongmanThe Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity and What to Do About It William PetersenFrom Persons to People: Further Studies in the Politics of Population Leo Suryadinata, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, and Aris AnantaIndonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape United Nations Human Settlements ProgrammeThe Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements     

Limits to Growth Revisited: A Review Essay*

Robert William Fogel The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World E. A. Wrigley Poverty, Progress, and Population Tomas Frejka and Jean ‐Paul Sardon Childbearing Trends and Prospects in Low‐Fertility Countries: A Cohort Analysis Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr Population Change in Canada (second edition) Wolfgang Lutz , Warren C. Sanderson , and Sergei Scherbov (eds. ) The End of World Population Growth in the 21st Century: New Challenges for Human Capital Formation and Sustainable Development Emmanuel Todd After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order, translated by C. Jon Delogu     

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Books reviewed in this article: Tim Dyson , Robert Cassen , and Leela Visaria (eds .) Twenty‐First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment United Nations Population Division Living Arrangements of Older Persons Around the World William Easterly The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good     

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Book reviewed in this issues. Low‐Cost Routes to Good Health: A Review Essay Review of James C. Riley, Low Income, Social Growth, and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries. Gregory Clark A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World Tomas Frejka , Jan M. Hoem , Tomá? Sobotka , and Laurent Toulemon (eds. ) Childbearing Trends and Policies in Europe (Special Collection 7, Demographic Research, Volume 19, July 2008) Susan Greenhalgh Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China     

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Books reviewed in this article: Chris Beyrer, War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia Caroline H. Bledsoe et al. (eds.), Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World Donald J. Hernandez and Evan Charney (eds)., From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families Nana Poku and David T. Graham (eds.), Redefining Security: Population Movements and National Security Jyoti Shankar Singh, Creating a New Consensus on Population Jael Silliman and Ynestra King (eds.), Dangerous Intersections: Feminist Perspectives on Population, Environment, and Development; A Project of the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment Michael S. Teitelbaum and Jay Winter, A Question of Numbers: High Migration, Low Fertility, and the Politics of National Identity United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Monitoring 1997 Anthony Young, Land Resources: Now and for the Future     

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Books reviewed in this article: Neil J. Diamant, Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949–1968 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, World Disasters Report 2000: Focus on Public Health Christian Joppke, Immigration and the Nation‐State: The United States, Germany, and Great Britain Peng Xizhe with Guo Zhigang (eds.), The Changing Population of China Sebastiao Salgado, Migrations: Humanity in Transition United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2000 United Nations Population Division, The World at Six Billion United Nations Population Division, World Population Monitoring 1998. Health and Mortality: Selected Aspects World Bank, Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles. John F. Kantner and Andrew Kantner The Struggle for International Consensus on Population and Development World Bank World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation Lyla M. Hernandez and Dan G. Blazer (eds .) Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/NurtureDebate. World Bank Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization Daniel Jordan Smith A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria Ian Bannon and Maria C. Correia (eds .) The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development John Broome Weighing Lives Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The State of Food and Agriculture: Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? John Glad Future Human Evolution: Eugenics in the Twenty‐First Century United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2006. Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis     

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Books reviewed in this article: Tom Athanasiou, Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor Ester Boserup, My Professional Life and Publications 1929–1998 Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Tekxu, and Patrick Webb, Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention John Brotchie, Peter Newton, Peter Hall, and John Dickey (eds.), East West Perspectives on 21st Century Urban Development: Sustainable Eastern and Western Cities in the New Millennium Alex de Sherbinin and Victoria Dompka (eds.), Water and Population Dynamics: Case Studies and Policy Implications Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs: Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grassfields Peter H. Gleick, The World's Water 1998–1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, and Marc A. Stern (eds.), Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century Patricia W. Lunneborg, The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men Thomas Gale Moore, Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision. Volume I: Comprehensive Tables; Volume II: The Sex and Age Distribution of the World Population US Agency for International Development and US Department of Commerce, World Population Profile: 1998, with a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV I AIDS in the Developing World     

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Books reviewed in this article: American Economic Association , Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, New York, January 3–5 1999 Katherine Betts , The Great Divide: Immigration Politics in Australia C. Y. Cyrus Chu , Population Dynamics: A New Economic Approach Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson , The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , World Disasters Report 1998 Augustine J. Kposowa , The Impact of Immigration on the United States Economy B. Lindsay Lowell (ed.) , Foreign Temporary Workers in America: Policies That Benefit the U.S. Economy Christopher J. L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez (eds.) , Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction: The Global Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Maternal Conditions, Perinatal Disorders, and Congenital Abnormalities Jack Parsons , Human Population Competition: A Study of the Pursuit of Power Through Julian L. Simon , Economics Against the Grain World Bank , Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1998     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Christopher Caldwell
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West Andrew J. Cherlin
The Marriage‐Go‐Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today David Boyd Haycock
Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer SHORT REVIEWS
by Sajeda Amin, John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll Daryl Collins , Jonathan Morduch , Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a day Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall (eds .)
Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers (eds .)
Gender Equality: Transforming Family Divisions of Labor George Martine , Gordon Mc Granahan , Mark Montgomery, and Rogelio Fernández ‐Castilla (eds .)
The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa Vaclav Smil
Oil: A Beginner's Guide Peter Uhlenberg (ed .)
International Handbook of Population Aging United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat
2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk and Poverty in a Changing Climate     

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Book reviewed in this issues. Sylvia Chant Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the‘Feminisation of Poverty’in Africa, Asia and Latin America Florian Coulmas , Harald Conrad , Annette Schad ‐Seifert , and Gabriele Vogt (eds.) The Demographic Challenge:A Handbook about Japan Richard Jackson and Neil Howe The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century Pew Research Center Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream Population Bulletin of the United Nations Prospects for Fertility Decline in High Fertility Countries United Kingdom Parliament , House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs The Economic Impact of Immigration Sheldon X. Zhang Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations: Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives     

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Book reviewed in this article: America's Never‐Ending Debate: A Review Essay * Douglas S. Massey . Colin H. Kahl States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World. Simon Szreter , Hania Sholkamy , and A. Dharmalingam (EDS.) Categories and Contexts: Anthropological and Historical Studies in Critical Demography.     

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Books reviewed in this article: J. C. Waterlow, D. G. Armstrong, Leslie Fowden, and Ralph Riley (eds.), Feeding a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People: A Challenge to Science Daniel Callahan, False Hopes: Why America's Quest for Perfect Health Is a Recipe for Failure Alain Bideau, Bertrand Desjardins, and Héctor Pérez Brignoli (eds.), Infant and Child Mortality in the Past Noël Bonneuil, Transformation of the French Demographic Landscape, 1806–1906 J. Clarke and D. Noin (eds.), Population and Environment in Arid Regions Gad G. Gilbar, Population Dilemmas in the Middle East: Essays in Political Demography and Economy James L. Newman, The Peopling of Africa: A Geographic Interpretation