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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791668403321

Titolo

The demographics of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the colonial order and the creation of knowledge / / edited by Karl Ittmann, Dennis D. Cordell, and Gregory H. Maddox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8214-4348-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IttmannKarl

CordellDennis D. <1947->

MaddoxGregory

Disciplina

304.6096

Soggetti

Demography - Africa - History

Africa Population History Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Counting subjects: demography and empire / Dennis D. Cordell, Karl Ittmann, and Gregory H. Maddox -- African historical demography in the postmodern and postcolonial eras / Dennis D. Cordell -- "Where nature dominates man": demographic ideas and policy in British Colonial Africa, 1890-1970 / Karl Ittmann -- How to count the subjects of empire? Steps toward an imperial demography in French West Africa before 1946 / Raymond R. Gervais and Issiaka Mande ́-- Makwerekwere: separating immigrants and natives in early colonial Natal / Thomas V. McClendon -- Counting and recounting: dislocation, colonial demography, and historical memory in northern Gabon / John M. Cinnamon -- The discourse of overpopulation in western Kenya and the creation of the Pioneer Corps / Meshack Owino -- Disease and reproductive health in Ujiji, Tanganyika: colonial and missionary discourses regarding Islam and a "dying population" / Sheryl A. McCurdy -- Disease and environment in Africa: imputed dynamics and unresolved issues / Gregory H. Maddox -- Reproducing labor: colonial government regulation of African women's reproductive lives / Meredeth Turshen -- African population: projections, 1850-1960 / Patrick Manning.



Sommario/riassunto

The Demographics of Empire is a collection of essays examining the multifaceted nature of the colonial science of demography in the last two centuries. The contributing scholars of Africa and the British and French empires focus on three questions: How have historians, demographers, and other social scientists understood colonial populations? What were the demographic realities of African societies and how did they affect colonial systems of power? Finally, how did demographic theories developed in Europe shape policies and administrative structures in the colonies? The essays approach the su

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300855703321

Autore

Hulíková Tesárková Klára

Titolo

Lexis in Demography / / by Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Olga Kurtinová

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-67992-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 89 p. 73 illus., 43 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, , 2211-3215

Disciplina

304.6072

Soggetti

Demography

Statistics

Population

Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law

Population Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Lexis´ life & work -- 3. Lexis diagrama. Introduction b. Development of the Lexis diagramc. Summary and specific issues related to the study of the development of the diagram -- 4. Application of Lexis diagrama. Software applications b. Practical applications: key-studies -- 5. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the life of economist and social scientist Wilhelm Lexis and the key demographic instrument named after him: the Lexis diagram. It describes this vital tool, which helps demographers



visualize data, and examines its various forms through a specially designed example. As a result, readers get to see the Lexis diagram in practice and gain first-hand insight into its different forms.   The authors first present a brief description of the life of W. Lexis with information about his childhood, studies, and work. Coverage details the places closely related to him as well as his working positions. It also lists and characterizes his publications.   The book then goes on to summarize and describe the chronological development of the Lexis diagram, from initial developments through the specific contributions of W. Lexis to the refinements of those who followed. Throughout, it clearly describes as well as graphically and prac tically illustrates all the different versions of the diagram covered.   Next, readers are presented with contemporary practical applications, including: Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, and Lexis software as well as selected key-studies from demographic, epidemiologic, and migration research.   The Lexis diagram is an essential tool for working correctly with demographic data. This book commemorates the man who helped to develop these diagrams and his unquestionable influence on demography. It also provides readers with deep knowledge and insights into this basic, yet important, tool.