Population and Nutrition - An Essay on European Demographic History

Klappentext In this essay! the mechanisms of biological! social and cultural nature linking subsistence! mortality and population are discussed. Zusammenfassung From the time of Malthus! the insufficient supply of food resources has been considered the main constraint of population growth and the main factor in the high mortality prevailing in pre-industrial times. In this essay! the mechanisms of biological! social and cultural nature linking subsistence! mortality and population and determining its short and long-term cycles are discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Demographic growth in Europe; 2. Energy, nutrition and survival; 3. Famine and want; 4. The starving and the well-fed; 5. Food and standard of living: hypotheses and controversies; 6. Antagonism and adaption.

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• Autori: Massimo Livi Bacci, Massimo Livi-Bacci, Massimo (Universita Degli Studi DI Fir Livi-Bacci
• Con la collaborazione di: Jan De Vries (Editore), Richard Smith (Editore), Tania Croft-Murray (Traduzione), Carl Ipsen (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.1991
• EAN: 9780521368711
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36871-1
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: London Mathematical Society Le
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni