Recommended Books on Population Geography
Castles, Stephen, and Mark J. Miller. 1998. The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, 2nd ed. New York: Guilford. A global perspective on migrations, why they occur, and the effects they have on different countries in an age of an unprecedented volume of migration. Explores how migration has led to the formation of ethnic minorities in numerous countries as well as its impact on domestic politics and economics.
Johnson, Steven. 2006. The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. New York: Riverhead Books. In this gripping historical narrative, physician John Snow’s tracing of the Soho cholera outbreak of 1854 is placed in the larger context of the history of science and urbanization.
Meade, Melinda S., and Robert J. Earickson. 2005. Medical Geography, 2nd ed. New York: Guilford. These surveys of the perspectives, theories, and methodologies that geographers use in studying human health provide a primary text that undergraduates can readily understand.
Newbold, K. Bruce. 2007. Six Billion Plus: World Population in the Twenty-First Century, 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. The impact of increased global population levels across the next century is assessed with respect to interaction with environmental, epidemiological, mobility, and security issues.
Seager, Joni, and Mona Domosh. 2001. Putting Women in Place: Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World. New York: Guilford. A highly readable account of why paying attention to gender is crucial to understanding the spaces in which we live and work.
Tone, Andrea. 2002. Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America. New York: Hill & Wang. This social history of birth control in the United States details the fascinating relationship between the state and the longstanding attempts of men and women to limit their fertility.