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A concise history of world population

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  • Author: Livi Bacci, Massimo
    Edition: 4th ed.
    Date:
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    2007
    Summary:

    An account of the history of the human population of the world including the history of migrations, the effects of plagues, wars, fertility transitions, mortality, fecundity, marriage and family patterns. The author also examines present-day trends and a possible future scenario.

    Contents:
    • 1. space and strategy of demographic growth
    • 2. Demographic growth : between choice and constraint
    • 3. Land, labor, and population
    • 4. Toward order and efficiency : the recent demography of Europe and the developed world
    • 5. populations of poor countries
    • 6. future.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Sujets: Population
    Original Publisher: Malden, MA, Blackwell Pub.
    Language(s): English