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A concise history of world population/ Massimo Livi-Bacci

By: Livi Bacci, MassimoMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Blackwell, 2007Edition: 4th edDescription: xv, 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781405146951Subject(s): PopulationDDC classification: 304.6

Contents:

Humans and animals -- Divide and multiply -- Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin -- Reproduction and survival -- The space of growth -- Environmental constraints -- A few figures -- From hunters to farmers : the Neolithic demographic transition -- Black Death and demographic decline in Europe -- The tragedy of the American Indios : old microbes and new populations -- The French Canadians : a demographic success story -- Ireland and Japan : two islands, two histories -- On the threshold of the contemporary world -- Diminishing returns and demographic growth -- Historical confirmations -- Demographic pressure and economic development -- More on demographic pressure and development : examples from the Stone Age to the present day -- Space, land, and development -- Population size and prosperity -- Increasing or decreasing returns? -- From waste to economy -- From disorder to order : the lengthening of life -- From high to low fertility -- European emigration : a unique phenomenon -- A summing up : the results of the transition -- Theoretical considerations on the relationship between demographic and economic growth -- More on the relationship between demographic and economic growth : Empirical observations -- An extraordinary phase -- The conditions of survival -- A brief geography of fertility -- The conditions and prospects for fertility decline and demographic policy -- India and China -- Fertilia and Sterilia -- Explaining a paradox -- Population and self-regulation -- The numbers of the future -- On sustainability of extended survival -- The moving limits -- The emerging limits : resources -- The emerging limits : Environment -- Calculations and values.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	304.6 LUI/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P07400

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Humans and animals --
Divide and multiply --
Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin --
Reproduction and survival --
The space of growth --
Environmental constraints --
A few figures --
From hunters to farmers : the Neolithic demographic transition --
Black Death and demographic decline in Europe --
The tragedy of the American Indios : old microbes and new populations --
The French Canadians : a demographic success story --
Ireland and Japan : two islands, two histories --
On the threshold of the contemporary world --
Diminishing returns and demographic growth --
Historical confirmations --
Demographic pressure and economic development --
More on demographic pressure and development : examples from the Stone Age to the present day --
Space, land, and development --
Population size and prosperity --
Increasing or decreasing returns? --
From waste to economy --
From disorder to order : the lengthening of life --
From high to low fertility --
European emigration : a unique phenomenon --
A summing up : the results of the transition --
Theoretical considerations on the relationship between demographic and economic growth --
More on the relationship between demographic and economic growth : Empirical observations --
An extraordinary phase --
The conditions of survival --
A brief geography of fertility --
The conditions and prospects for fertility decline and demographic policy --
India and China --
Fertilia and Sterilia --
Explaining a paradox --
Population and self-regulation --
The numbers of the future --
On sustainability of extended survival --
The moving limits --
The emerging limits : resources --
The emerging limits : Environment --
Calculations and values.

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