Making Population Geography by Adrian Bailey (English) Paperback Book

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Lively account of the intellectual history of population geography

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Making Population Geography is a lively account of the intellectual history of population geography. Arguing that, while population geography may drift in and out of fashion, geography, as a discipline, must continue to explore more cultural and political accounts of compelling population topics including: HIV-AIDS, sex trafficking, teen pregnancy, citizenship, geodemographics and global ageing. Making Population Geography draws both on the writings of those - like Wilbur Zelinsky and Pat Gober - who were at the very epicentre of spatial science in the 1960s and those - like Michael Brown and Russell King - whose post-punk introspections of method, content and purpose, have lent much pluralism to the field. Using a wide range of case studies, contemporary examples and current research, the book links the rise and fall of the key concepts in population geography to the changing social and economic context and to geography's turn towards social theory. Referencing the author's classroom experiences both in the US and the UK, Making Population Geography will appeal to students studying geography, population issues and the development of critical scholarship.

Author Biography

Adrian Bailey is Professor of Migration Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.

Table of Contents

Ecology and landscapeSpatial demographyLifecourseSocial constructionsPlaceGlobalizationGeodemographicsPolicyNew ChallengesThe future

Review

This book provides an accessible understanding of how and why population geography has developed as it has, and convincingly demonstrates the relevance and need for the subject in the early part of the twenty-first century. -- Population, Space and Place 20060912 "Each chapter is clearly structured and contains useful illustrative material ... This book should be required reading for all undergraduates and school students, so that they might better understand some of the major processes at work that will profoundly affect their own lives in the coming decades, whether this is ageing populations, people trafficking, migration policies, emerging diseases, fertility control, resource pressure and so on." -- Geography 20060912 "Making Population Geography is well crafted for those interested in both gaining rapid exposure to depth and breadth of population geography research and receiving a very current assessment of the field's potential and import." -- Samuel M. Otterstrom, The Professional Geographer, 60:1, 2008 20060912

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A critical reinterpretation of this increasingly important subject

Long Description

Making Population Geography is a lively account of the intellectual history of population geography. Arguing that, while population geography may drift in and out of fashion, it must continue to supplement its demographic approach with a renewed emphasis on cultural and political accounts of compelling population topics, such as HIV-AIDS, sex trafficking, teen pregnancy, citizenship, geodemographics and global ageing, in order for it to shed light on contemporary society.

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This book provides an accessible understanding of how and why population geography has developed as it has, and convincingly demonstrates the relevance and need for the subject in the early part of the twenty-first century.

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Provides an historical analysis of the emergence of modern population geography, particularly from the 1970s onwards

Details ISBN0340762640 Author Adrian Bailey Short Title MAKING POPULATION GEOGRAPHY Series Human Geography in the Making Language English ISBN-10 0340762640 ISBN-13 9780340762646 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Imprint Hodder Education Birth 1928 Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780340762646 UK Release Date 2005-01-28 AU Release Date 2005-01-28 NZ Release Date 2005-01-28 Pages 240 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2005-01-28 Alternative 9780367238230 DEWEY 304.2 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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