Name: A Concise History of World Population von Massimo Livi Bacci
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A Concise History of World Population Zusammenfassung

A Concise History of World Population Massimo Livi Bacci

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes the latest data on fertility and infant mortality and a new section on migration has been added. The discussion of America is completely rewritten to give a fuller view of the past, including reference to the slave trade, and coverage of China has been expanded. * Includes new sections on migration - an emerging issue for rich and poor countries alike - and the impact of HIV. * Provides the latest data on fertility and infant mortality. * Discussion of America is completely rewritten to give a fuller view of the past, including reference to the slave trade, and coverage of China has been expanded. * Updates the quantitative material and bibliography.

A Concise History of World Population Bewertungen

This is one of the best recent texts on population changes: it deserves the widest readership. TEGNews Professor Livi-Bacci is a veritable expert at being able to impart his knowledge to the student community. A Concise History of World Population is noted for its clarity and depth, as Livi-Bacci transfers complicated ideas to the page in cogent and well-defined terms, speaking to his readers in a style that inspires deeper introspection of a subject that will affect them long after they have left the classroom. Recommended a primary text in all courses that study population patterns. The Electric Review An important book for people who are interested in demography and history, and can be used as a valuable reference. Journal of Population Research

Über Massimo Livi Bacci

Massimo Livi-Bacci is Professor of Demography at the University of Florence. He has been President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. He has published extensively on contemporary demography as well as on the history of population, and has taught or held fellowships at universities all over the world, including the College de France, the Colegio de Mexico, Princeton University of California at Berkeley, and Brown University, Providence, RI. His books include Population and Nutrition (1991), The Population of Europe. A History (1999), and Conquista. The Destruction of American Indios (in Italian; 2005).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. 1. The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth. 1 Humans and Animals. 2 Divide and Multiply. 3 Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin. 4 Reproduction and Survival. 5 The Space of Growth. 6 Environmental Constraints. 7 A Few Figures. 2. Demographic Growth: Between Choice and Constraint. 1 Constraint, Choice, Adaptation. 2 From Hunters to Farmers: The Neolithic Demographic Transition. 3 Black Death and Demographic Decline in Europe. 4 The Tragedy of the American Indios: Old Microbes and New Populations. Africa, America, and the Slave Trade. 6 The French Canadians: A Demographic Success Story. 7 Ireland and Japan: Two Islands, Two Histories. 8 On the Threshold of the Contemporary World: China and Europe. 3. Land, Labor, and Population. 1 Diminishing Returns and Demographic Growth. 2 Historical Confirmations. 3 Demographic Pressure and Economic Development. 4 More on Demographic Pressure and Development: Examples from the Stone Age to the Present Day. 5 Space, Land, and Development. 6 Population Size and Prosperity. 7 Increasing or Decreasing Returns?. 4. Toward Order and Efficiency: The Recent Demography of Europe and the Developed World. 1 From Waste to Economy. 2 From Disorder to Order: The Lengthening of Life. 3 From High to Low Fertility. 4 European Emigration: A Unique Phenomenon. 5 A Summing Up: The Results of the Transition. 6 Theoretical Considerations on the Relationship between Demographic and Economic Growth. 7 More on the Relationship between Demographic and Economic Growth: Empirical Observations. 5. The Populations of Poor Countries. 1 An Extraordinary Phase. 2 The Conditions of Survival. 3 A Brief Geography of Fertility. 4 The Conditions and Prospects for Fertility Decline and Demographic Policy. 5 India and China. 6 Fertilia and Sterilia. 7 Explaining a Paradox. 6. The Future. 1 Population and Self-Regulation. 2 The Numbers of the Future. 3 The North--South Divide and International Migration. 4 On Sustainability of Extended Survival. 5 The Moving Limits. 6 The Emerging Limits: Resources. 7 The Emerging Limits: Environment. 8 Calculations and Values. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index

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GOR001874378

ISBN 13

9781405146968

ISBN 10

1405146966

Titel

A Concise History of World Population Massimo Livi Bacci

Autor

Massimo Livi Bacci

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

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Broschiert

Verlag

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Datum

20061101

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296

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