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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankPOPULATIONANDSOCIETYPopulationandSociety:AnIntroductiontoDemographyisanidealtextforundergraduate,aswellasgraduate,studentstakingtheirfirstcourseindemography.Itissociologicallyoriented,althougheconomics,politicalsci-ence,geography,

2、history,andtheothersocialsciencesarealsousedtoinformthematerials.Althoughtheemphasisisondemography,thebookrecognizesthatattheindividuallevel,populationchangeisrelatedtoprivatedecisions,especiallyinrelationtofertility,butalsotomortalityandmigration.Thetextthus

3、considersinsomedetail,especiallyearlyinthebook,theroleofindividualsinpopulationdecisionmaking.Atthelevelofcountries,andeventheworld,changesinpopulationsizehaveanimportanteffectontheenvironmentalandrelatedchallengesfacingalloftheworld’sinhabitants.Therefore,at

4、tentionispaidtothebroadimplicationsofpopulationgrowthandchange.DudleyL.Poston,Jr.,isProfessorofSociology,DirectoroftheAsianStudiesProgram,andtheGeorgeT.andGladysH.AbellEndowedProfessorofLiberalArtsatTexasA&MUniversity.HeholdsadjunctprofessorshipsatRenmin(Peop

5、le’s)University,Beijing,China;FuzhouUniversity,China;andNanjingNormalUniversity,China.Hepreviouslyservedontheruralsociologyandsociologyfaculties,respectively,ofCornellUniversityandTheUniversityofTexasatAustin.ProfessorPostonhascoauthoredoredited17booksandmore

6、than275journalarticlesandbookchaptersonvarioussociologicalanddemographictopics.LeonF.BouvierisProfessorofSociologyatOldDominionUniversity.HeisalsoAdjunctProfessoratthePaysonCenterforInternationalDevelopmentatTulaneUniversity.HepreviouslyservedasVicePresidento

7、fthePopulationReferenceBureauinWashington,D.C.;asademographicconsultanttotwocongressionalcommittees;andasaconsultanttotheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelopment.ProfessorBouvierhasalsotaughtattheUniversityofRhodeIsland,TulaneUniversitySchoolofPublicHeal

8、th,andGeorgetownUniversity.Hehascoauthoredoredited15booksandnumerousarticlesandbookreviews.POPULATIONANDSOCIETYAnIntroductiontoDemographyDudleyL.Poston,Jr.TexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStatio