The British Population
Published on 1. April 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
706 pages
978-0-19-874098-8 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook offers students a detailed picture of Britain's population structure and a discussion of such topics as the pressure of numbers on resources, the stagnation of population growth and the problems of an ageing population, immigration and the racial composition of the population, marriage, divorce, and the future of the family, and how population questions relate to regional problems, labour migration and inner city depopulation and impoverishment. It is intended for undergraduate courses dealing with contemporary population in the fields of geography, sociology, economics, anthropology and the social aspects of medicine, and should also prove useful to civil servants, journalists and other media people.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous line figures, tables and maps, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-874098-8 (9780198740988)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
British population - the starting point; the 20th century; the changing distribution of poulation in the UK; fertility trends; marriage, divorce and remarriage; households and families; mortality - trends and patterns; differentials in mortality; the British at work; internal migration; international migration; ethnic minority populations; the political economy of demographic change.