This collection features articles and book reviews written by faculty in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Fairfield University.
Submissions from 2020
Xenophobia in Spite of Citizenship: Seasonal Migrant Workers in Brazil, Terry-Ann Jones
Submissions from 2018
Undocumented: The Stress of Status, Terry-Ann Jones and Laura Nichols
Submissions from 2016
Book Review: Encore Adulthood: Boomers on the Edge of Risk, Renewal, and Purpose by Phyllis Moen, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: How Many is Too Many?: The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States by Philip Cafaro, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus: Rereading the Principle of Population by Alison Bashford and Joyce E. Chaplin, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: Twentieth Century Population Thinking: A Critical Reader of Primary Sources edited by The Population Knowledge Network, Dennis G. Hodgson
Uneven and Combined Development in the Longue Durée: Beyond World-System Analysis?, Eric Mielants
Submissions from 2015
Book Review: Black Asset Poverty and the Enduring Racial Divide by Lori Latrice Martin, Rachelle Brunn-Bevel
Book Review: Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet by of Kerryn Higgs, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: On the Cusp: From Population Boom to Bust by Charles S. Pearson, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: Political Descent: Malthus, Mutualism, and the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England by Piers J. Hale, Dennis G. Hodgson
Book Review: The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future by Paul Sabin, Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Migration and Freedom: Mobility, Citizenship and Exclusion, by Brad K. Blitz., Dennis G. Hodgson
Submissions from 2014
Review of A Portrait of America: The Demographic Perspective, by John Iceland., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Politics of Eugenics: Productionism, Population, and National Welfare, by Alberto Spektorowski and Liza Ireni-Saban., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Sterilized by the State: Eugenics, Race, and the Population Scare in Twentieth-Century North America, by Randall Hansen and Desmond King., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, by Leo R. Chavez., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of The Other Population Crisis: What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates., Dennis G. Hodgson
Submissions from 2013
The Crisis of Public Policies in Côte d'Ivoire: Land Law and the Nationality trap in Tabou’s Rural Communities, Alfred Babo
Inventive articulation: how High Atlas farmers put the global to work, David Crawford
Review of Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India, by Cecelia Van Hollen., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Counting Populations, Understanding Societies: Towards an Interpretive Demography, by Véronique Petit., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters, by John Hannigan., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of How Immigrants Impact Their Homelands by Susan Eva Eckstein and Adil Najam (eds.)., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Human Development Report 2013: The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World, by UNDP., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of The State and the Stork: The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History, by Derek S. Hoff., Dennis G. Hodgson
Submissions from 2012
Review of A History of the Birth Control Movement in America, by Peter C. Engelman., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, by Eric Klinenberg., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress, by Becky Pettit., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Parasites, Pathogens, and Progress: Diseases and Economic Development, by Robert A. McGuire and Philip R.P. Coelho., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History, by Dagmar Herzog., Dennis G. Hodgson
Review of The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States, by Heather Munro Presc., Dennis G. Hodgson
Understanding Women's Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer In Rural Mali: Lessons from the African Sky Mothers and Daughters Summit, Kate E. Lechner, Amanda J. Hong, Arthur Sillah, Raymond Schneider, and Scott Lacy
Food Security Monitoring and Evaluation in Rural Mali: Preliminary Findings, Raymond Schneider, Arthur Sillah, Kate E. Lechner, and Scott M. Lacy
Submissions from 2011
Review of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, Dennis Hodgson
Review of Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty‐First Century, by Eric Kaufmann, Dennis Hodgson
Review of Rethinking Aging: Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society, by Nortin M. Hadler., Dennis G. Hodgson
Introduction to the Special Section on Flows of Money and People in the World System, Eric Mielants and Terry-Ann Jones
Submissions from 2010
Socio-Political Crisis and the Reconstruction of Sustainable Periurban Agriculture in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Alfred Babo
What Lula Lacks: Grappling with the Discourse of Autism at Home and in the Field, Hillary Haldane and David Crawford
Review of Revolutionary Conceptions: Women, Fertility, and Family Limitation in America, 1760-1820, by Susan E. Klepp, Dennis Hodgson
Book review: Ho-fung Hung (ed.), China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism, Eric Mielants
Statelessness and Nation-States: Reflections on Conceptual (In)visibility, Eric Mielants
Submissions from 2009
Amazigh arts in Morocco: women shaping Berber identity, David Crawford
Beyond Bodies: Rainmaking and Sense Making in Tanzania - by Todd Sanders., David Crawford
Abortion, family planning, and population policy: Prospects for the common-ground approach, Dennis Hodgson
Malthus' Essay on Population and the American Debate Over Slavery, Dennis Hodgson
Migration Theory in the Domestic Context: North-South Labor Movement in Brazil, Terry-Ann Jones
Book Review: The Undevelopment of Capitalism: Sectors and Markets in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany, Eric Mielants
Global Anti-Semitism in World-Historical Perspective: An Introduction, Eric Mielants, Lewis Gordon, and Ramon Grosfoguel
Introduction: Identity Formation and Migration Focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, Eric Mielants and Terry-Ann Jones
Submissions from 2008
Review of Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830-1885, by Libby Schweber, Dennis Hodgson
Review of "Matthew Connelly's Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population: Review Symposium", Dennis Hodgson
Historical GIS: New Ways of Doing History, Kurt Schlichting
Submissions from 2007
Black Skin, White Masks Revisited: Contemporary Post-Colonial Dilemmas in the Netherlands, France, and Belgium, Eric Mielants
Social, economic, and residential diversity within Hartford's African American community at the beginning of the Great Migration, Peter Tuckel, Kurt Schlichting, and Richard Maisel
Submissions from 2006
Farmer choice of sorghum varieties in southern Mali: Managing Unpredictable Growing Environments and Resources, Scott M. Lacy, David Cleveland, and Daniela Soleri
The Long-term Historical Development of Racist Tendencies within the Political and Social Context of Belgium, Eric Mielants
Field of Dreams: Cultures of Scholarship and Public Policy in the US, Eric Mielants, David Theo Goldberg, and Ramon Grosfoguel
Introduction: Minorities, Racism and Cultures of Scholarship, Eric Mielants and Ramon Grosfoguel
The Long-Durée Entanglement Between Islamophobia and Racism in the Modern/ Colonial Capitalist/Patriarchal World-System, Eric Mielants and Ramon Grosfuguel
Residential Segregation and the Beginning of the Great Migration of African Americans to Hartford, Connecticut: a GIS-Based Analysis, Kurt Schlichting, Peter Tuckel, and Richard Maisel
There Are No Minorities Here: Cultures of Scholarship and Public Debate on Immigrants and Integration in France, Patrick Simon, Valerie Amiraux, and Eric Mielants
Submissions from 2005
Review of A Population History of the United States, by Herbert S. Klein, Dennis Hodgson
Book Review: Introduction to the Pan-Caribbean by Tracey Skelton, Terry-Ann Jones
Submissions from 2004
American Eugenicists on Trial: A Review Essay, Dennis Hodgson
Review of Globalizing Family Values: The Christian Right in International Politics, by Doris Buss and Didi Herman, Dennis Hodgson
Book Review: “The ‘New’ World Order?”, Eric Mielants
Amazigh Activism and the Moroccan State, Paul Silverstein and David Crawford
Submissions from 2003
Arranging the bones: Culture, time, and in/equality in Berber Labor Organization, David Crawford
Book Review: “Michael McCormick’s Origins of the European Economy”, Eric Mielants
The College Collection: Using Academic Support to Conduct Public Library Surveys, Kurt Schlichting and James Simon
Submissions from 2002
The Intellectual Economy of an Anthropology of Change, David Crawford
Europe and China Compared, Eric Mielants
Submissions from 2001
How 'Berber' Matters in the Middle of Nowhere, David Crawford
Review of Women,Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving, by Angela Hattery, Dennis Hodgson
Submissions from 2000
Perspectives on the Origins of Merchant Capitalism in Europe, Eric Mielants
Submissions from 1999
Submissions from 1998
From Mercantilists to Neo-Malthusianism: International Population Movement and the Transformation of Population Ideology in Kenya, Dennis Hodgson and Susan Watkins
Racial Segregation and Voter Turnout in Urban America, Kurt Schlichting, Peter Tuckel, and Richard Maisel
Submissions from 1997
Feminists and neo-Malthusians: Past and present alliances, Dennis Hodgson and Susan C. Watkins
The Importance of Simulation as a Mode of Analysis: Theoretical and Practical Implications and Considerations, Eric Mielants
The 'Visible Hand': The Technological Revolution at Grand Central Station in New York, Kurt Schlichting
Submissions from 1996
De publieke opinie ten tijde van de Brabantse Omwenteling” [Public Opinion during the Brabant Revolt, in Dutch], Eric Mielants
Grand Central Terminal and the City Beautiful in New York, Kurt Schlichting
Submissions from 1994
Review of Population Policy and Women's Rights: Transforming Reproductive Choice, by Ruth Dixon-Mueller, Dennis Hodgson
Review of Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America, by Ellen Chesler, Dennis Hodgson
Submissions from 1992
Ideological currents and the interpretation of demographic trends: The case of Francis Amasa Walker, Dennis Hodgson
Submissions from 1991
Benjamin Franklin on population: From policy to theory, Dennis Hodgson
The ideological origins of the Population Association of America, Dennis Hodgson
Submissions from 1989
Democratic Incumbents and the 1984 Presidential Election: A Case Study, Kurt Schlichting