BOOK REVIEWS

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     

In Defense of Death and the Shorter,Sweeter Life: A Review Essay*

Books reviewed in this issue. Nancy Folbre
Greed, Lust and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas Joel Mokyr
The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700–1850 Robert M. Milardo
The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles Nathan Keyfitz and Hal Caswell
Applied Mathematical Demography (Third Edition) SHORT REVIEWS Paul Collier
The Plundered Planet: Why We Must—and How We Can—Manage Nature for Global Prosperity Marcia C. Inhorn , Tine Tjornhoj‐ Thomsen , Helene Goldberg , and Maruska la Cour Mosegaard (eds. )
Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity, and Reproduction Elizabeth L. Krause
Unraveled: A Weaver's Tale of Life Gone Modern Fred Pearce
The Coming Population Crash: And Our Planet's Surprising Future Vaclav Smil
Why America Is Not a New Rome Joel P. Trachtman
The International Law of Economic Migration: Toward the Fourth Freedom US Department of Agriculture , Economic Research Service Food Security Assessment, 2010–20 Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2009 (David Coleman and Dalkhat Ediev , Guest editors )
Special Issue on “Impact of Migration on Demographic Change and Composition in Europe”     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. Michelle Goldberg
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World Barry Popkin
The World Is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race SHORT REVIEWS by John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll David Fitzgerald
A Nation of Emigrants: How Mexico Manages Its Migration M. Michel Garenne
Fertility Changes in Sub‐Saharan Africa Hervé Le Bras
The Nature of Demography James Lovelock
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning Randall M. Packard
The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire (eds .)
Migration without Borders: Essays on the Free Movement of People     

BOOK REVIEWS

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     

Short Reviews

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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. Patrick V. Kirch and Jean ‐Louis Rallu (eds. ) The Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies: Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives Bjorn Lomborg Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming Nancy Folbre Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family Helge Brunborg , Ewa Tabeau, and Henrik Urdal (eds. ) The Demography of Armed Conflict SHORT REVIEWS Isabelle Attané and Christophe Z. Guilmoto (eds .) Watering the Neighbour's Garden: The Growing Demographic Female Deficit in Asia John C. Caldwell Demographic Transition Theory Robert Clark , Naohiro Ogawa, and Andrew Mason (eds. ) Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy Nicholas Eberstadt and Hans Groth Europe's Coming Demographic Challenge: Unlocking the Value of Health Stockholm Committee on Mortality Forecasting Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting Jacques Véron , Sophie Pennec, and Jacques Légaré (eds. ) Ages, Generations and the Social Contract: The Demographic Challenges Facing the Welfare State     

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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     

SHORT REVIEWS

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?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Philipp Ther and Ana Siljak (eds.), Redrawing Nations: Ethnic Cleansing in East‐Central Europe, 1944–1948 Rainer Mackensen (ed.), Bevölkerungslehre und Bevölkerungspolitik vor 1933 Caroline H. Bledsoe, Contingent Lives: Fertility, Time, and Aging in West Africa Alan Booth and Ann C. Crouter (eds.) Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children, and Social Policy Nancy A. Denton and Stewart E. Tolnay (eds.) American Diversity: A Demographic Challenge for the 21st Century     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger Susan E. Klepp
Revolutionary Conceptions: Women, Fertility, and Family Limitation in America, 1760–1820 SHORT REVIEWS
by John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll John Higley , John Nieuwenhuysen, and Stine Neerup (eds .)
Nations of Immigrants: Australia and the USA Compared Michael Lipton
Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property Rights and Property Wrongs Angus Maddison
Contours of the World Economy, 1–2030 AD: Essays in Macro‐Economic History OECD
Doing Better for Children United Nations Development Programme
Human Development Report 2009: Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development Yunxiang Yan
The Individualization of Chinese Society     

SHORT REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties Human Security Centre Human Security Report 2005: War and Peace in the 21st Century Jennifer Johnson ‐Hanks Uncertain Honor: Modern Motherhood in an African Crisis Landis Mac Kellar , Tatiana Ermolieva , David Horlacher , and Leslie Mayhew The Economic Impacts of Population Ageing in Japan Patrick Manning Migration in World History Dudley L. Poston , Jr ., Che ‐Fu Lee , Chiung ‐Fang Chang , Sherry L. Mc Kibben , and Carol S. Walther (eds ). Fertility, Family Planning, and Population Policy in China Warren C. Robinson and Fatma H. El ‐Zanaty The Demographic Revolution in Modern Egypt Tukufu Zuberi , Amson Sibanda , and Eric O. Udjo (eds .) The Demography of South Africa     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: Taking Stock of Population Studies: A Review Essay Review of Graziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin, and Guillaume Wunsch (eds.) Demography: Analysis and Synthesis Contesting the Cause and Severity of the Black Death: A Review Essay Review of Ole J. Benedictow, The Black Death, 1346–1353: The Complete History Saul Halfon The Cairo Consensus: Demographic Surveys, Women's Empowerment, and Regime Change in Population Policy Helen Epstein The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS SHORT REVIEWS Andrea Cornwall , Elizabeth Harrison, and Ann Whitehead (eds.) Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung The Foreign‐Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 2000 Claude Got , Patricia Delhomme, and Sylvain Lassarre More Could Be Done to Prevent Road Deaths in France Devesh Kapur and John Mc Hale Give Us Your Best and Brightest: The Global Hunt for Talent and Its Impact on the Developing World Esther Katz (ed.) The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger. Volume 2: Birth Control Comes of Age, 1928–1939 Ça?lar Özden and Maurice Schiff (eds.) International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain United Nations Population Fund State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth     

BOOK REVIEWS

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     

BOOK REVIEWS

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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles. Philippe Legrain Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them Scott Forbes A Natural History of Families Tyrene White China's Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People's Republic, 1949‐2005 Renzo Derosas and Frans van Poppel (eds .) Religion and the Decline of Fertility in the Western World Robert E. Goodin and Charles Tilly (eds. ) The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis J. Richard Harrison and Glenn R. Carroll Culture and Demography in Organizations Michael Hoefer , Nancy Rytina , and Christopher Campbell Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2005 Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice Stephen Moses , James F. Blanchard , Han Kang , Faran Emmanuel , Sushena Reza Paul , Marissa L. Becker , David Wilson , and Mariam Claeson AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic William F. Ruddiman Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate     

SHORT REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar , Renu Dube , and Reena Dube Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History Charles Blackorby , Walter Bossert , and David Donaldson Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics Josef Gugler (ed .) World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality Panel on Urban Population Dynamics , National Research Council , M. R. Montgomery , R. Stren , B. Cohen , and H. E. Reed (eds .) Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World UNAIDS/WHO AIDS, Epidemic Update: December 2005 The World Bank Improving Health, Nutrition, and Population Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Role of the World Bank     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Reynolds Farley and John Haaga (eds .) The American People: Census 2000 Arland Thornton Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin A. Winckler Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics I. Bernard Cohen The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life     

How Long Can We Live? A Review Essay*

Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World Andrew Mason and Georges Tapinos (eds.), Sharing the Wealth: Demographic Change and Economic Transfers between Generations Nancy Foner, Ruben G. Rumbaut, and Steven J. Gold (eds.), Immigration Research for a New Century: Multidisdplinary Perspectives     

SHORT REVIEWS

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     

SHORT REVIEWS

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