The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World
Autor Paul Morlanden Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 mar 2019
The
rise
and
fall
of
the
British
Empire;
the
emergence
of
America
as
a
superpower;
the
ebb
and
flow
of
global
challenges
from
Nazi
Germany,
Imperial
Japan,
and
Soviet
Russia.
These
are
the
headlines
of
history,
but
they
cannot
be
properly
grasped
without
understanding
the
role
that
population
has
played.
The
Human
Tideshows
how
periods
of
rapid
population
transition--a
phenomenon
that
first
emerged
in
the
British
Isles
but
gradually
spread
across
the
globe--shaped
the
course
of
world
history.
Demography--the
study
of
population--is
the
key
to
unlocking
an
understanding
of
the
world
we
live
in
and
how
we
got
here.
Demographic
changes
explain
why
the
Arab
Spring
came
and
went,
how
China
rose
so
meteorically,
and
why
Britain
voted
for
Brexit
and
America
for
Donald
Trump.
Sweeping
from
Europe
to
the
Americas,
China,
East
Asia,
the
Middle
East,
and
North
Africa,
The
Human
Tide
is
a
panoramic
view
of
the
sheer
power
of
numbers.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541788367
ISBN-10: 1541788362
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 163 x 243 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1541788362
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 163 x 243 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
Notă biografică
Paul
Morlandis
associate
research
fellow
at
Birkbeck,
University
of
London
and
an
authority
on
demography.
A
French
speaker
with
dual
British
and
German
citizenship,
Paul
was
educated
at
Oxford
University
and
was
awarded
his
Ph.D
from
the
University
of
London.
Recenzii
"An
illuminating
perspective
on
the
history
and
likely
future
of
population
trends."—STARRED
REVIEW,BOOKLIST
"Morland's real skill is linking economic, political, military andcultural trends to the demographic story...lucid, jargon-free and full of neatobservations...The future, Morland concludes, is grey (societies that grow oldbefore they grow rich), green (as global population declines, humans will needless land and fewer resources) and much less white (because of more rapidgrowth of non-European populations and immigration into majority white countries)...this is an admirable introduction to a vital subject."—THE TIMES
"A global history that gallops from 1800 and Brexit to Donald Trump'swall, seen through the prism of births, deaths and migration... The Human Tide ispacked with information...This is, deliberately, a book for those with littleknowledge of demography...What are fascinating are the author's projections ofwhere we are heading demographically. To an older population in the UKcertainly: the number of people over 85 will treble in 30 years as thebaby-boomers age. That means a more indebted nation, but it could also mean amore peacefully inclined one"—SUNDAY TIMES
"Useful for students of geopolitics, international economics, and demography alike."—KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Engrossing...How many people live in a place, how old they are and howhungry they are, explains a lot about how their rulers behave, he argues. Doyou have a fast-growing young population like late-19th-century Germany? Yourneighbours will fear you. An imploding birth rate, like modern Italy? Youreconomy will probably shrink too. It's not a new idea but Morland offers plentyof evidence to prove just how much it matters...This book adds to the debate aboutthe basic causes of history."—BOOK OF THE WEEK,EVENING STANDARD
"Morland's real skill is linking economic, political, military andcultural trends to the demographic story...lucid, jargon-free and full of neatobservations...The future, Morland concludes, is grey (societies that grow oldbefore they grow rich), green (as global population declines, humans will needless land and fewer resources) and much less white (because of more rapidgrowth of non-European populations and immigration into majority white countries)...this is an admirable introduction to a vital subject."—THE TIMES
"A global history that gallops from 1800 and Brexit to Donald Trump'swall, seen through the prism of births, deaths and migration... The Human Tide ispacked with information...This is, deliberately, a book for those with littleknowledge of demography...What are fascinating are the author's projections ofwhere we are heading demographically. To an older population in the UKcertainly: the number of people over 85 will treble in 30 years as thebaby-boomers age. That means a more indebted nation, but it could also mean amore peacefully inclined one"—SUNDAY TIMES
"Useful for students of geopolitics, international economics, and demography alike."—KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Engrossing...How many people live in a place, how old they are and howhungry they are, explains a lot about how their rulers behave, he argues. Doyou have a fast-growing young population like late-19th-century Germany? Yourneighbours will fear you. An imploding birth rate, like modern Italy? Youreconomy will probably shrink too. It's not a new idea but Morland offers plentyof evidence to prove just how much it matters...This book adds to the debate aboutthe basic causes of history."—BOOK OF THE WEEK,EVENING STANDARD
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A dazzling new history of the modern world, as told through the remarkable story of population change.