This volume draws together some of the pioneer figures in the social science arena who have been working at the margins of demography and other social sciences. These articles show the willingness of the new demography to venture into a variety of other disciplines to better appreciate its own special contributions to the world of interdisciplinary research.
Introduction / J. Mayone Stycos -- The social sciences and the
population problem / Samuel H. Preston -- The fertility transition : Europe
and the Third World compared / Susan Cotts Watkins -- Migration and social
structure : analytic issues and comparative perspectives in developing
nations / Calvin Goldscheider -- Proximate determinants of fertility and
mortality / Jane Menken -- The impact of women's social position on fertility
in developing countries / Karen Oppenheim Mason -- Social change and the
family : comparative perspectives from the West, China, and South Asia /
Arland Thornton and Thomas E. Fricke -- The location of ethnic and racial
groups in the United States / Stanley Lieberson and Mary C. Waters --
Analyzing birth intervals : implications for demographic theory and data
collection / Ronald R. Rindfuss, James A. Palmore, and Larry L. Bumpass.
