This fifth edition of the essential history of world population is updated with the most recent and significant scholarship on the topic. Reworked sections analyze the impact of environmental and climate change, discuss declining fertility in developing nations, and track the continuing impact of HIV-AIDS. * Central themes updated and revised to take account of new scholarship * Includes new sections on theories of migration in pre-history * Expands discussion of low fertility rates in developing Asian and Latin American ...
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This fifth edition of the essential history of world population is updated with the most recent and significant scholarship on the topic. Reworked sections analyze the impact of environmental and climate change, discuss declining fertility in developing nations, and track the continuing impact of HIV-AIDS. * Central themes updated and revised to take account of new scholarship * Includes new sections on theories of migration in pre-history * Expands discussion of low fertility rates in developing Asian and Latin American countries * Fuller coverage of population and environmental change, including the effects of climate change * Bibliographic updates include weblinks to key scientific journals
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Used: Acceptable. Size: 1.3 x 15.2 x 22.9 cm; Paperback in average condition, pages internally clean but have marks to edges, good reading copy. This is a concise 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 describes present day trends (in which by and large the populations of rich countries are stable, those of poor countries grow exponentially) and considers the problems the world will face by the year 2010. Massimo Livi Bacci's book will have much more than academic interest. It is informative and accessible, and calmly explains issues often treated in an emotional gloom-and-doom fashion. The author steers a balanced course through the optimist and catastrophe camps, suggesting an alternative way to view the evident problems of overcrowding, degradation and disease-one that is nothing less than a modern recasting of Malthusian theory.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9781557862709.
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