A concise history of world population
The latest edition of this classic text has been updated to reflect current trends and implications for future demographic developments. The areas of Africa, international migration and population and environment have been strengthened and statistical information has been updated throughout. --
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley/Blackwell
2017.
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| Edición: | 6th ed |
| Colección: | Wiley ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40616800*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth; 1.1 Humans and Animals; 1.2 Divide and Multiply; 1.3 Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon, and Mathurine Robin; 1.4 Reproduction and Survival; 1.4.1 The frequency of births; 1.4.2 The fecund period used for reproduction; 1.5 The Space of Growth; 1.6 Environmental Constraints; 1.7 A Few Figures; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Demographic Growth: Between Choice and Constraint; 2.1 Constraint, Choice, Adaptation.
- 2.2 From Hunters to Farmers: The Neolithic Demographic Transition2.3 Black Death and Demographic Decline in Europe; 2.4 The Tragedy of the American Indios: Old Microbes and New Populations; 2.5 Africa, America, and the Slave Trade; 2.6 The French Canadians: A Demographic Success Story; 2.7 Ireland and Japan: Two Islands, Two Histories; 2.8 On the Threshold of the Contemporary World: China and Europe; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Land, Labor, and Population; 3.1 Diminishing Returns and Demographic Growth; 3.2 Historical Confirmations; 3.3 Demographic Pressure and Economic Development.
- 3.4 More on Demographic Pressure and Development: Examples from the Stone Age to the Present Day3.5 Space, Land, and Development; 3.5.1 The occupation of uninhabited or sparsely populated regions; 3.5.2 Transformation and land reclamation; 3.5.3 External expansion; 3.6 Population Size and Prosperity; 3.7 Increasing or Decreasing Returns?; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Toward Order and Efficiency: The Recent Demography of Europe and the Developed World; 4.1 From Waste to Economy; 4.2 From Disorder to Order: The Lengthening of Life; 4.3 From High to Low Fertility.
- 4.4 European Emigration: A Unique Phenomenon4.5 A Summing Up: The Results of the Transition; 4.6 Theoretical Considerations on the Relationship between Demographic and Economic Growth; 4.6.1 Purely demographic factors; 4.6.2 Factors of Scale and Dimensional Factors in General; 4.6.3 The Stock of Knowledge and Technological Progress; 4.7 More on the Relationship between Demographic and Economic Growth: Empirical Observations; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 5 The Populations of Poor Countries; 5.1 An Extraordinary Phase; 5.2 The Conditions of Survival; 5.3 A Brief Geography of Fertility.
- 5.4 The Conditions and Prospects for Fertility Decline and Demographic Policy5.5 India and China; 5.6 Fertilia and Sterilia; 5.7 Explaining a Paradox; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 6 The Future; 6.1 Population and Self-Regulation; 6.2 The Numbers of the Future; 6.3 The North-South Divide and International Migration; 6.3.1 Demographic Inequalities; 6.3.2 Economic Inequalities; 6.3.3 Migration Policies; 6.3.4 Geography and Migratory Systems; 6.3.5 Climate Change and Environment; 6.4 On Sustainability of Extended Survival; 6.4.1 Biological Sustainability.
