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Books reviewed in this article: Gay Becker, The Elusive Embryo: How Women and Men Approach New Reproductive Technologies Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg, The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900–2000 Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, It's Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years Elisabeth Croll, Endangered Daughters: Discrimination and Development in Asia Barbara Entwisle and Gail E. Henderson (Eds.), Re‐Drawing Boundaries: Work, Households, and Gender in China David T. Graham and Nana K. Poku (Eds.), Migration, Globalisation and Human Security Paul Harrison and Fred Pearce, AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment Russell King, Paolo De Mas, and Jan Mansvelt Beck (Eds.), Geography, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean Michael T. Klare, Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and United Nations Population Fund, Low Fertility and Policy Responses to Issues of Ageing and Welfare National Assessment Synthesis Team, Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Report for the US Global Change Research Program Jacques Vaixin and Thérèse Locoh (Eds.), Population et développement en Tunisie: La métamorphose     

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Books reviewed in this article: Laurel Bossen, Chinese Women and Rural Development: Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan Fabrizio Butera and Gabriel Mugny (EDS.), Social Influence in Social Reality: Promoting Individual and Social Change Harold Coward and Daniel C. Maguire (EDS.), Visions of a New Earth: Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach Fred C. Pampel, The Institutional Context of Population Change: Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High‐Income Nations Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Deborah Waller Meyers (EDS.), Caught in the Middle: Border Communities in an Era of Globalization Per Pinstrup‐Andersen and Ebbe Scniøler, Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy over GM Crops Walter Scheidel (ED.), Debating Roman Demography     

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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?     

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Books reviewed in this article: Martin Carnoy, Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age Joop Garssen, Joop De Beer, Lieneke Hoeksma, Kees Prins, And Rolf Verhoef (Eds.), Vital Events: Past, Present and Future of the Dutch Population International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rural Poverty Report 2001: The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty Andrew Mason and Georges Tapinos (Eds.), Sharing the Wealth: Demographic Change and Economic Transfers between Generations Phil Mullan, The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why An Ageing Problem Is Not a Social Problem National Research Council, Board on Sustainable Development, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability National Research Council, Forum on Biodiversity Committee, Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World Ronald E. Seavoy, Subsistence and Economic Development United Nations Children's Fund, A League Table of Child Deaths by Injury in Rich Nations     

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Book reviewed in this article: Richard L. Harris (ED.) Globalization and Development in Latin America. David Henley Fertility, Food and Fever: Population, Economy and Environment in North and Central Sulawesi, 1600–1930. Nie Jing ‐Bao Behind the Silence: Chinese Voices on Abortion. Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin (EDS.) Handbook of Population. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division World Mortality Report 2005. UN Millennium Project Task Force ON HIV/AIDS, Malaria , TB, and Access to Essential Medicines , Working Group on HIV/AIDS Combating AIDS in the Developing World.     

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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
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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: 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     

So Many Civilizations,So Few Pages: A Review Essay*

Books reviewed in this article: Christian Joppke Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State Douglas S. Massey and J. Edward Taylor (EDS.) International Migration: Prospects and Policies in a Global Market United Nations Research Institute For Social Development Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World International Organization For Migration Arab Migration in a Globalized World     

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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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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     

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: 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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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: 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: Orley Ashenfelter And David Card (Eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 3 Paul Boyle, Keith Halfacree, and Vaughan Robinson, Exploring Contemporary Migration Weixing Chen, The Political Economy of Rural Development in China, 1978–1999 David A. Crocker and Toby Linden (Eds.), Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship James Z. Lee and Wang Feng, One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700–2000 Jonathan M. Mann and Daniel J. M. Tarantola (Eds.), AIDS in the World II: Global Dimensions, Social Roots, and Responses Julian L. Simon, The Economic Consequences of Immigration, Second Edition Sopemi, Trends in International Migration: Continuous Reporting System on Migration. Annual Report, 1999 Edition Jacqueline Stevens, Reproducing the State United Nations Development Programme China, The China Human Development Report United Nations, Economic Commission For Europe, Economic Survey of Europe 1999, No. 1 Kathleen S. Uno, Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan     

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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: 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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Books reviewed in this article: Reginaijd Applbyard (Ed.), Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries. Volume IV: The Arab Region James R. Carey and Debra S. Judge, Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish Bart J. de Bruijn, Foundations of Demographic Theory: Choice, Process, Context Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health Ellen M. Gee and Gloria M. Gutman (Eds.). The Overselling of Population Aging: Apocalyptic Demography, Intergenerational Challenges, and Social Policy International Organization for Migration, World Migration Report 2000 National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue about the Future with Nongovernment Experts Richard Parker, Regina Maria Barbosa, and Peter Aggleton (Eds.), Framing the Sexual Subject: The Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Power United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Demographic Yearbook 1998: Fiftieth Issue     

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Books reviewed in this article: Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon 2006 State of the Future Ian Gold in and Kenneth Reinert Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy Lindsey Grant (ed. ) The Case for Fewer People: The NPG Forum Papers Moni Nag Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division Population, Resources, Environment and Development Database, Version 4.0 World Health Organization Working Together for Health: The World Health Report 2006     

Short Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Leonore Loeb Abler and Uwe P. Gielen(EDS.) , Migration: Immigration and Emigration in International Perspective Samuel Agyei‐Mensah and John B. Casterline(EDS.) , Reproduction and Social Context in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro‐Demographic Studies Francesco C. Billari And Alexia Prskawetz(EDS.) , Agent‐Based Computational Demography: Using Simulation to Improve Our Understanding of Demographic Behaviour Siew‐Ean Khoo And Peter McDonald(EDS.) , The Transformation of Australia's Population: 1970‐2030 James P. Lynch and Rita J. Simon , Immigration the World Over: Statutes, Policies, and Practices C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer, Philip G. Pardey, And Mark W. Rosegrant , Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization Sheldon J. Segal , Under the Banyan Tree: A Population Scientist's Odyssey Lynn M. Thomas , Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya United Nations Economic Commission For Europe , Dynamics of Fertility and Partnership in Europe: Insights and Lessons from Comparative Research