Screen LibraryA concise history of world population
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Blackwell Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Malden, MA |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Item Description: | Storia minima della popolazione del mondo. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 279 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1405146958 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405146966 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405146968 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405146951 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | C92 |
| CLC: | C92-09 |
| Call Number: | C92-09/L785/4th.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-263) and index. [ch.] 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 -- [ch.] 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 -- 5. Africa |