The Children of Eve: Population and Well-being in History

The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world history of demographic and economic change that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasizes the commonality of human experience.

• The first book to put together material about population and well-being in a single volume
• Emphasizes the formative population history of Europe and North America over the years since the Middle Ages, and includes discussions of Asia and the southern hemisphere
• The authors successfully maintain the difficult balance of addressing complex issues in a style that doesn't over-simplify the subject, whilst upholding an approach that is accessible to general readers and students
• Designed to work as both a stand alone text or a supplement to textbooks in any number of courses

Nyckelord: economics, demography, macroeconomics, population growth, globalization, mortality, migration, Economic History, Demographic History, Economic History (ghost code - use EC06), Economic History, Demographic History, Economic History