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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     

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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: Robert E. Lane, The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies Jack Goody, The European Family: An Historico‐Anthrapological Essay Nicholas Eberstadt, Prosperous Paupers and Other Population Problems Caroline Bledsoe, Susana Lerner, And Jane I. Guyer (EDS.), Fertility and the Male Life‐Cycle in the Era of Fertility Decline Gina Kolata, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It David R. Phillips (Ed.), Ageing in the Asia‐Pacific Region: Issues, Policies and Future Trends     

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Research has found negative stereotyping and differential treatment both of women and of the elderly in everyday interactions and in mass media representations. An underresearched cateeorv is middle-aged women. This research included a content L a analysis of 12 issues of a Canadian English-language women's magazine and a comparison of the results with selected characteristics of women 40 to 59 years of age as reported by Statistics Canada. The investigation found that younger middle-aged women (under 50 years) are included, but are underrepresented when compared to the population and to the magazine's readers. Middle-aged women are absent from the covers and the fashion and beauty sections; they are underrepresented in the advertisements, overrepresented in the fiction, portrayed positively but realistically in the editorials, and are shown as winners in a world of challenges in articles on health, family, work, and public life. In general the middle-aged women are white, middle class, heterosexual, well-educated, and employed. Messages about women's aging as portrayed in Chatelaine are interpreted especially in the light on feminist theory.     

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HOMOSEXUALITY AND CIVILIZATION. Louis Crompton. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003, xv + 623 pp. Reviewed by Claude J. Summers.

THE NEW GAY TEENAGER. Ritch C. Savin-Williams. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006, 272 pp. Reviewed by Steven M. Schoser.     

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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: Paul R. Ehrlich, Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel (EDS.), A Population History of North America Jacob S. Siegel, Applied Demography: Applications to Business, Government, Law, and Public Policy Alain Blum and France Guérin‐Pace, Des lettres et des chiffres: Des tests d'intelligence é révaluation du «savoir lire», un siècle de polémiques     

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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     

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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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Books reviewed in this article: Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, And Michel Guillot, Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes Bobbi S. Low, Why Sex. Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior Linda Mealey, Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies Harriet B. Presser and Gita Sen (Eds.), Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes: Moving Beyond Cairo World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao (Eds.), Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population John D. Early and John F. Peters, The Xilixana Yanomami of the Amazon: History, Social Structure, and Population Dynamics     

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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     

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Books reviewed in this article: Christopher Wills, Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution Helen Fisher, The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World Lionel Tiger, The Decline of Males Francis Fukuyama, The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Tom Kirkwood, Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Aging Margo J. Anderson And Stephen E. Fienberg, Who Counts? The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America Alain Desrosières, The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning. Translation by Camille Naish of La politique des grands nombres: histoire de la raison statistique. Henk A. de Gans, Population Forecasting 1895–1945: The Transition to Modernity Massimo Livi-Bacci and Gustavo De Santis (eds.), Population and Poverty in the Developing World William A. Jackson, The Political Economy of Population Ageing Dorothy J. Solinger, Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market     

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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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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: Angus Maddison, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective Anna Treves, Le nascite e la política neu'Italia del Navecento Carol Blum, Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth‐Century France James Q. Wilson, The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children Rose E. Frisch, Female Fertility and the Body Fat Connection     

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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