This book has a strong theoretical focus and is unique in addressing both mortality and fertility over the full span of human history. It examines the demograph

The demographic transition and its related effects of population growth, fertility decline and ageing populations are fraught with controversy. When discussed i

Demographic transition constitutes one of the most fundamental modern historical changes; people live much longer, have fewer children, and experience higher mo

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that fo

"The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age struc