Background
David MacAlpine Heer was born on April 15, 1930, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. He was the son of Clarence Heer and Jean Douglas (MacAlpine) Heer.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Harvard University
Suitland, Maryland, United States
U. S. Bureau of the Census (headquarters)
Berkeley, California, United States
University of California
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Southern California
(In the past two decades, a tide of Mexican immigrants has...)
In the past two decades, a tide of Mexican immigrants has settled illegally in the United States, and undocumented Mexicans today constitute an important component of the U.S. population. Yet due to their illegal status, information about the actual numbers of undocumented Mexicans, their living conditions, and the impact of their illegal status on their lives has been difficult to gather. In this book, the author analyzes the results of a unique survey conducted in Los Angeles County, where an estimated forty-four percent of the undocumented Mexican population lives. This survey allows the author to make explicit comparisons among groups of illegal and legal Mexican immigrants and to analyze the effects of their legal status on their living conditions.
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1990
(Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues ...)
Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. The bitter national debate over California's Proposition 187, the influx of Cuban refugees into Miami, and the continuous, often illegal, crossings over the Mexican border into Texas and California are just a few of the episodes that have created a furor on local, state, and federal levels.In this timely and informative book, David Heer invites readers to examine the data and the trends of immigration to the United States and, ultimately, make up their own minds about what our national immigration policy ought to be. He demonstrates how social science findings, together with a conscious recognition of our individual values, are necessary for the formation of a balanced policy for immigration.Some of the the nation's collective values that may be affected by U.S. immigration policy are the standard of living in this country, the preservation of existing American culture, ethnic and class conflict, and the power of the United States in international affairs. Heer examines the impact of these values on immigration policy and traces the history of U.S. immigration and immigration law and patterns of immigration to the United States. Finally, he offers proposals for change to existing immigration policy. Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. The bitter national debate over California's Proposition 187, the influx of Cuban refugees into Miami, and the continuous, often illegal, crossings over the Mexican border into Texas and California are just a few of the episodes that have created a furor on local, state, and federal levels.In this timely and informative book, David Heer invites readers to examine the data and the trends of immigration to the United States and, ultimately, make up their own minds about what our national immigration policy ought to be. He demonstrates how social science findings, together with a conscious recognition of our individual values, are necessary for the formation of a balanced policy for immigration.Some of the the nation's collective values that may be affected by U.S. immigration policy are the standard of living in this country, the preservation of existing American culture, ethnic and class conflict, and the power of the United States in international affairs. Heer examines the impact of these values on immigration policy and traces the history of U.S. immigration and immigration law and patterns of immigration to the United States. Finally, he offers proposals for change to existing immigration policy.
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1996
("Kingsley Davis (1908-1997) was one of the pioneers in so...)
"Kingsley Davis (1908-1997) was one of the pioneers in social demography, and was particularly identified with the theory of the demographic transition. This holds that the process of industrialization first causes mortality to decline, leading to a substantial rate of population growth and only later causes fertility to fall, leading eventually to the cessation of population growth. Kingsley Davis is especially remembered for his arresting and forceful critique of family-planning programs intended to achieve zero population growth.Before he devoted his major attention to social demography, Davis had distinguished himself through influential articles on the structure of family and kinship, including the topics of jealousy and sexual property, the sociology of prostitution, and illegitimacy. He had an early interest in structural-functional analysis, which resulted in his famous and controversial article on stratification, co-authored with Wilbert Moore, and his equally famous presidential address to the American Sociological Association in 1959.David Heer's biography of Kingsley Davis is based on material contained in the Kingsley Davis Archive at the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University, the Kingsley Davis graduate file at Harvard University, the interview of Kingsley Davis by Jean van der Tak in Demographic Destinies (1990), and David Heer's personal relationship with Kingsley Davis. The book also contains thirty of the most important writings by Kingsley Davis. These were chosen, in part, for the number of citations received in the Cumulative Social Science Citation Index, and in part to ensure that readers would be able to assess the continuity of Kingsley Davis's ideas at all stages of his career."
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David MacAlpine Heer was born on April 15, 1930, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. He was the son of Clarence Heer and Jean Douglas (MacAlpine) Heer.
Heer graduated from the Harvard University with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. He also obtained Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in sociology degrees there, in 1954 and 1958 respectively.
Heer worked at the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a statistician in Social Statistics Branch, Population Division, from 1957 till 1961. From that year he held the position as a lecturer in sociology and assistant research sociologist at the University of California in Berkeley. In 1964 he moved to the Harvard University and became an assistant professor, rising to an associate professor of demography in 1968, he served at that post till 1972. He also worked as a professor of sociology and director of Population Research Laboratory at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles since 1972, where he remained for the rest of his career.
He was an author of many books on immigration and other topics in demography.
(In the past two decades, a tide of Mexican immigrants has...)
1990("Kingsley Davis (1908-1997) was one of the pioneers in so...)
(Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues ...)
1996Heer was a member of the Population Association of America and its director, as well as a member of the American Sociological Association, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and the National Council on Family Relations.
Heer was known for his daily nine-mile bicycle commute from his home in Cheviot Hills to his office at the University of Southern California, which he made in every weather for over 20 years.
Heer married Nancy Whittier on June 29, 1957, but they divorced in 1980. His then married Kaye S. Heymann on December 11, 1980. Heer had three children - Douglas (deceased), Laura and Catherine.