Description: 1. Too Many People, or Too Few? 2. Our Historic War against Mortality. 3. The Flight from Fertility. 4. America on the Move. 5. The Aging Society. 6. Is There a Crisis in Social Security? 7. To Work or to Retire? 8. Health Care and the Elderly. 9. The "Traditional" American Family. 10. A Tale of Two Generations. 11. Working Wives and Mothers. 12. The American Male--Liberated or On the Run? 13. Black America--Two Steps Forward. 14. The Changing Worlds of Childhood. 15. Children in Poverty. 16. Who's Watching the Children? 17. Educating the Next Generation. 18. Immigration Old and New. 19. Through the Golden Door. 20. Have We Decided to Control Our Borders? 21. The Hispanics: Is the Pot Still Melting? 22. Can We Live Long and Live Well? 23. Does the Family Have a Future? 24. Will the Poor Always Be with Us? 25. The United States and the World Population Explosion. Postscript: Choosing Our Posterity? Appendix: Introduction to Demographic Analysis.

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