Research Catalog

Title

Problems of population; being the report of the proceedings of the second general assembly of the International union for the scientific investigation of population problems ... London, June 15-18, 1931. Published under the direction of the executive committee. Ed. by G.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers ... hon. general secretary.

Author

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. General Assembly.

Publication

London, G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1932.

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Additional Authors

Pitt-Rivers, George Henry Lane Fox, 1890-1966

Description

2 preliminary leaves, [7]-378 pages 1 leaf folded map, diagrams; 24 cm

Subject

• Population > Congresses
• Population
• Population
• population
• Bevolkingsvraagstuk

Genre/Form

• Conference proceedings.
• Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Added t.-p.: Problèmes de population. Compte-rendu des travaux de la deuxième assemblée générale de l'Union internationale pour l'étude scientifique des problèmes de population ... à Londres, les 15, 16, 17 et 18 juin 1931 ...
• "This volume of proceedings is the first to be published under the auspices of the International union for the scientific investigation of population problems since it was inaugurated in 1928."--Pref.
• Communications made in the French and German languages are preceded by abstracts in English.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Scheme for a population map of Great Britain / J.G. Withycombe -- Economic aspects of the tendency of population in Great Britain / A.L. Bowley -- Trends in agricultural production in Denmark / Jens Warming -- Time changes in the number of gainfully employed men and women in the United States in relation to population growth / L.J. Reed -- The future growth of the population of the United States / P.K. Whelpton -- The fertility of the social classes in Stockholm in the years 1919 to 1929 / Karl Arvid Edin -- Report on Muckermann's studies of the differential fertility within certain social groups in Germany / Eugen Fischer -- The outlook for the American birth-rate / Louis I. Dublin -- First findings of the Belgian investigation of the conditions of life in large families / Eugène Dupréel -- Research on income, natality, and infant mortality in Holland / H.W. Methorst -- The relation of social status to the fertility of native-born married women in the United States / Frank W. Notestein -- Nuptiality, fertility, and reproductivity / S.D. Wicksell -- Has the reproductive power of western peoples declined? / Frank H. Hankins -- Some factors in population density / C.B. Fawcett -- Some effects of current migration restrictions / J.W. Gregory -- The responsibilities of the obstetrician in the problem of population / G.W. Kosmak -- Animal population and migration / Charles Elton -- Some experiments on populations of mice / F.A.E. Crew -- The future of the population of Belgium / Fernand Baudhuin -- The structure of a growing population / A.J. Lotka -- Some aspects of human biology / J.A. Fraser Roberts -- The significance of blood-grouping in anthropology. Report on the studies of MM. Degerböl and Nybölle on the shedding and eruption of teeth in Copenhagen school children / Tage Kemp -- A new aspect of population theory / H.P. Fairchild -- Problems in the field of Commission I on Population and Food Supply. Report of Commission I on Population and Food Supply / J.D. Black -- Report on the work of Commission II (Differential Fertility) / F.A.E. Crew -- Activities of the Dutch National Committee in the field of Commission I / H.W. Methorst -- The work of the Swedish National Committee / S.D. Wicksell -- Report of the studies of Dr. Sanders. The work of the Dutch National Committee / G.P. Frets -- Report on the activities of the Belgian Society for the Scientific Study of Population Problems / Eugène Dupréel.

LCCN

33010303

OCLC

• ocm03299291
• 3299291
• SCSB-197022

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library