A concise history of world population - Livi Bacci, Massimo (Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007)
[ch.] 1. The space and strategy of demographic growth -- 1. Humans and animals -- 2. Divide and multiply -- 3. Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin -- 4. Reproduction and survival -- 5. The space of growth -- 6. Environmental constraints -- 7. A few figures -- [ch.] 2. Demographic growth : between choice and constraint -- 1. Constraint, choice, adaptation -- 2. From hunters to farmers : the Neolithic demographic transition -- 3. Black Death and demographic decline in Europe -- 4. The tragedy of the American Indios : old microbes and new populations -- 5. Africa, American and the slave trade -- 6. The French Canadians : a demographic success story -- 7. Ireland and Japan : two islands, two histories -- 8. On the threshold of the contemporary world : China and Europe -- [ch.] 3. Land, labor, and population -- 1. Diminishing returns and demographic growth -- 2. Historical confirmations -- 3. Demographic pressure and economic development -- 4. More on demographic pressure and development : examples from the Stone Age to the present day -- 5. Space, land, and development -- 6. Population size and prosperity -- 7. Increasing or decreasing returns? -- [ch.] 4. Toward order and efficiency : the recent demography of Europe and the developed world -- 1. From waste to economy -- 2. From disorder to order : the lengthening of life -- 3. From high to low fertility -- 4. European emigration : a unique phenomenon -- 5. A summing up : the results of the transition -- 6. Theoretical considerations on the relationship between demographic and economic growth -- 7. More on the relationship between demographic and economic growth : empirical observations -- [ch.] 5. The populations of poor countries -- 1. An extraordinary phase -- 2. The conditions of survival -- 3. A brief geography of fertility -- 4. The conditions and prospects for fertility decline and demographic policy -- 5. India and China -- 6. Fertilia and Sterilia -- 7. Explaining a paradox -- [ch.] 6. The future -- 1. Population and self-regulation -- 2. The numbers of the future -- 3. The North-South divide and international migration -- 4. On sustainability of extended survival -- 5. The moving limits -- 6. The emerging limits : resources -- 7. The emerging limits : environment -- 8. Calculations and values.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-263) and index.
Translated from the Italian.
Keywords: Population -- History