A Concise History of World Population

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 HI [...]
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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 scholarshipIncludes new sections on theories of migration in pre-historyExpands discussion of low fertility rates in developing Asian and Latin American countriesFuller coverage of population and environmental change, including the effects of climate changeBibliographic updates include weblinks to key scientific journals