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Demography is the study by statistical methods of human populants involving the measurement of their size, growth and diminution, the proportions living within some areas, being born, marrying, having children or dying and the related functions of fertility, nuptially and morality. This book begins by defining a number of concepts which are useful for demographic analysis, including the significant events in life and types of statistical data which are collected, published and used. It then describes the various kinds of change which can occur and the underlying causes - social, economic and political. The central section provides an account of the history of population growth and development, and of the situation on an international and national scale. Resources available for the support of mankind and their relationship with living standards are explored. The politics of population and the prospects for the future are also described

Any program of development is found to need demography. Whether or not it actually wishes to adopt a pop policy, it will have to: (a) forecast its future pop development; (b) ensure the full utilization of the manpower levels indicated by these forecasts, for both econ & soc reasons. The following demographic aspects of development are examined: C1) the general relationship, in a given country, between demographic conditions & ED; (2) adoption of the aims of a pop policy; (3) means of realizing these aims; (4) general inventory of human resources in terms of production; (5) establishment of a nat'l accounting model; (6) preliminary econ & financial balance sheet; (7) agri & industry, Ur & Ru pop; (8) general policy for educ & training; & (9) health & soc policy. It is shown how & what demographic data can be used as a basis for decision-making in these areas, & which choices have to be made. Individual choices must depend on conditions obtaining in each case. The final decision must always rest with the pol'al authorities. But those authorities should be fully informed & (A) should not pursue absolutely irreconcilable objectives, & (B) should employ means which are appropriate to the ends they have in view. The importance of human resources is pointed out. M. Maxfield.

"Political Demography" published on by Oxford University Press.

Demography in Archaeology, first published in 2006, is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. Starting with a summary of demographic concepts and methods, the book examines historical and ethnographic sources of demographic evidence before addressing the methods by which reliable demographic estimates can be made from skeletal remains, settlement evidence and modern and ancient biomolecules. Recent debates in palaeodemography are evaluated, new statistical methods for palaeodemographic reconstruction are explained, and the notion that past demographic structures and processes were substantially different from those pertaining today is critiqued. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival. This is essential reading for any archaeologist or anthropologist with an interest in relating the results of field and laboratory studies to broader questions of population structure and dynamics