Storia minima della popolazione del mondo

Társasági rovat: „Ma hajnalra virradóan megszületett Lady Társadalomtudomány és Lord Matematika második gyermeke, Demográfia. Bájosan göndör grafikonjai apjára ütnek, de a szülők reményüknek adtak hangot, miszerint nem lesz olyan retek unalmas, mint bátyja, Statisztika. A kisdedet a malthusiánus egyh Leggi tutto

I was interested to read this directly after Global Economic History because together the two form a global history of the elements of secular cycles. As it turns out, this book is not nearly as good as that one, at least in its ability to maintain clear, thesis focused writing across a huge scope o Leggi tutto

This book is considered one of the best references on population, and I can now understand why. It is a very even-handed and researched survey of our understanding of how world population has changed over time (as of 2000). The subject matter is wide ranging, though it does focus a lot on demographi Leggi tutto

"In traditional rural societies, awareness of the problems created by demographic growth was probably more immediate than it is in modern society. The inhabitants of a village, valley, or region experienced directly the negative effects of new settlement in an area already demographically saturated, Leggi tutto

This is all new to me and much of it is a tad too technical for me. There were some fascinating tidbits, however (for example, apparently in the year 0 the world population was 252 million). There were parts that reminded me of Yuval Harari (the paleolithic had a lower mortality rate than the subseq Leggi tutto

This was fine. Can’t say it revolutionised my opinions about any of the topics it discussed, except from reminding me about how concerned people were about overpopulation in the past.

At times very fascinating. Learned a lot, supported with lots of graphics, makes it easy to compare&contrast and also to visualize.

an anthropology professor recommended it to me years ago. i finally got around to reading it and was fascinated with not only the observations, but the also delivery. many times people bore easily reading history, but this book gives a compelling outlook on how people have evolved and how to measure Leggi tutto

El autor de este ensayo planta preguntas sobre la expansión de la raza humana del planeta. Realiza proyecciones de décadas incluso de siglos de los pro y los contras del aumento de las poblaciones en la tierra. Un libro para todos los especuladores curiosos sobre el futuro.