In addition to the World population prospects, published every two years, the United Nations periodically prepares supplementary world population projections referred to as long-range projections. The Population Division has adopted...
Aboriginal Statistics at a Glance provides data users with a thematic guide to Aboriginal data at Statistics Canada. It includes data for the First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, and...
台灣是個移民之島,住民先後來到台灣,隨著政權的轉移,歐洲殖民者、鄭氏王朝、清治、日治、國治時期,來來去去。台灣移民史歷年來很少成為貫時性的研究主題,若有也只是依不同的統治者所制定的移民制度做斷代性的論述,大都偏向當時的移入、定住的相關法規。對於台灣人的移出,則到近一、二十年來才開始有研究成果,也克服語言的多樣性。本書以論文集方式呈現,共收入10篇論文,荷治、清領各1篇,主要探討人口數問題。日治時期3篇,一篇討論台東廳下的私營農業移民,得以窺見日本移民的一般,另兩篇則討論日治時期有南洋和滿洲國經驗的台灣人,都是最近5年內的研究成果,也是過去少有的研究領域,這兩篇論文不約而同使用口述歷史資料。
In these nine essays Vilhelm Moberg blends history with poetic license to create an America viewed by a Swedish emigrant in the middle of the 20th century.Roger McKnight's translation of...
本书共分为八章,其内容包括:全面二孩政策:人口发展的里程碑;中国人口老龄化:趋势、特点和挑战;全球人口发展趋势;人口老龄化的国际应付;实现成功老龄化;树立积极老年观等。
The contributions and influences of Mexican Americans in Texas history have been many and significant. Only in recent decades, however, have historians adequately told this story. The enormous strides made...
This book is designed to remedy the historic neglect of the significant contribution made by African-Americans to the settlement and development of the West. The African-American western experience during the...
The German Element in St. Louis constitutes one of the best snapshots we have of culture and society in a German-American community on the eve of World War I. At...
Eyewitness features first-hand accounts of pivotal moments in African American history ranging from recollections of the slave trade, accounts of the Civil War, and impassioned words about the Civil Rights...
Twenty million unsafe abortions are performed each year, 90% of which occur in the developing world. Even in countries such as China, where abortion is fully accessible in practice as...