A Concise History of World Population

About this book

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.
- A new edition of this classic history of demography text, which has been updated to strengthen the major subject areas of Africa, international migration and population and the environment
- Includes the latest statistical information, including the 2015 UN population projections revision and developments in China's population policy
- Information is presented in a clear and simple form, with academic material presented accessibly for the undergraduate audience whilst still maintaining the interest of higher level students and scholars
- The text covers issues that are crucial to the future of every species by encouraging humanity's search for ways to prevent future demographic catastrophes brought about by environmental or human agency
- Analyses the changing patterns of world population growth, including the effects of migration, war, disease, technology and culture

Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgment xi

1 The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth 1
2 Demographic Growth: Between Choice and Constraint 33
3 Land, Labor, and Population 85
4 Toward Order and Efficiency: The Recent Demography of Europe and the Developed World 119
5 The Populations of Poor Countries 167
6 The Future 225

Major Scientific Journals for Further Reading 281
Index 283

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Biography

Massimo Livi-Bacci is Professor of Demography at the University of Florence. A former president of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, his extensive research interests include contemporary demography as well as the history of population. He has taught and held fellowships at universities all over the world, including Princeton University, the University of California at Berkeley, the College de France, and the Colegio de Mexico. His many publications include Population and Nutrition (1991), The Population of Europe: A History (Blackwell, 1999), Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios (2007), and A Short History of Migration (2012).