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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... Read Full Overview

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes the latest data on fertility and infant mortality and a new section on migration has been added. The discussion of America is completely rewritten... Read Full Overview

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes the latest data on fertility and infant mortality and a new section on migration has been added. The discussion of America is completely rewritten... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes a new section on the effects of HIV on mortality and has expanded discussion of the geopolitical implications of demographic increase on different... Read Full Overview

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes the latest data on fertility and infant mortality and a new section on migration has been added. The discussion of America is completely rewritten... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

The new edition of this standard history of world population has been updated to include projections to the year 2050. It includes a new section on the effects of HIV on mortality and has expanded discussion of the geopolitical implications of demographic increase on different... Read Full Overview