The human tide : how population shaped the modern world /: how population shaped the modern world. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Morland.
• Authors: Morland, Paul
• Contents: Part one: Population and history. Introduction -- The weight of numbers -- Part two: The gathering tide: among the Europeans. The triumph of the Anglo-Saxons -- The German and Russian challenges -- The passing of the 'great race' -- The West since 1945: from baby-boom to mass immigration -- Russia and the Eastern Bloc from 1945: the demography of Cold War defeat -- Part three: The tide goes global beyond the Europeans. Japan, China and East Asia: the ageing of giants -- The Middle East and North Africa: the demography of instability -- Nothing new under the sun?: final frontiers and future vistas -- Appendix I: How life expectancy is calculated -- Appendix II: How the total fertility rate is calculated.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 304.6; Population; Population -- Social aspects; Population -- Economic aspects; Population -- Political aspects; Population
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781541788381; 1541788389
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.