The Human Tide
Autor Paul Morlanden Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 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 Tide shows 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: 161 x 243 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1541788362
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 161 x 243 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Notă biografică
Paul Morland is 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.
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"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.