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 scholarship Includes new sections on theories of migration in pre-history Expands discussion of low fertility rates in developing Asian and Latin American countries Fuller coverage of population and environmental change, including the effects of climate change Bibliographic updates include weblinks to key scientific journals

This fifth edition of the essential history of world population isupdated with the most recent and significant scholarship on thetopic. Reworked sections analyze the impact of environmental andclimate change, discuss declining fertility in developing nations,and track the continuing impact of HIV-AIDS.* Central themes updated and revised to take account of newscholarship* Includes new sections on theories of migration inpre-history* Expands discussion of low fertility rates in developing Asianand Latin American countries* Fuller coverage of population and environmental change,including the effects of climate change* Bibliographic updates include weblinks to key scientificjournals

List of Figures viiiList of Tables xiPreface xiii1 The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth 11 Humans and Animals 12 Divide and Multiply 53 Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon and MathurineRobin 74 Reproduction and Survival 95 The Space of Growth 176 Environmental Constraints 197 A Few Figures 24Notes 27Further Reading 312 Demographic Growth: Between Choice and Constraint321 Constraint, Choice, Adaptation 322 From Hunters to Farmers: The Neolithic Demographic Transition343 Black Death and Demographic Decline in Europe 414 The Tragedy of the American Indios: Old Microbes andNew Populations 465 Africa, America, and the Slave Trade 536 The French Canadians: A Demographic Success Story 577 Ireland and Japan: Two Islands, Two Histories 618 On the Threshold of the Contemporary World: China and Europe66Notes 73Further Reading 803 Land, Labor, and Population 821 Diminishing Returns and Demographic Growth 822 Historical Confirmations 863 Demographic Pressure and Economic Development 914 More on Demographic Pressure and Development: Examples fromthe Stone Age to the Present Day 955 Space, Land, and Development 986 Population Size and Prosperity 1057 Increasing or Decreasing Returns? 108Notes 109Further Reading 1124 Toward Order and Efficiency: The Recent Demography ofEurope and the Developed World 1141 From Waste to Economy 1142 From Disorder to Order: The Lengthening of Life 1193 From High to Low Fertility 1254 European Emigration: A Unique Phenomenon 1325 A Summing Up: The Results of the Transition 1386 Theoretical Considerations on the Relationship betweenDemographic and Economic Growth 1407 More on the Relationship between Demographic and EconomicGrowth: Empirical Observations 146Notes 153Further Reading 1585 The Populations of Poor Countries 1601 An Extraordinary Phase 1602 The Conditions of Survival 1653 A Brief Geography of Fertility 1724 The Conditions and Prospects for Fertility Decline andDemographic Policy 1775 India and China 1856 Fertilia and Sterilia 1947 Explaining a Paradox 198Notes 205Further Reading 2126 The Future 2141 Population and Self-Regulation 2142 The Numbers of the Future 2163 The North-South Divide and International Migration 2234 On Sustainability of Extended Survival 2305 The Moving Limits 2386 The Emerging Limits 2437 The Emerging Limits: Non-Renewable Resources and Food 2468 The Emerging Limits: Space and Environment 2509 Calculations and Values 254Notes 258Further Reading 262Major Scientific Journals for Further Reading 264Index 265