The Human Tide
How Population Shaped the Modern World

Demography is widely regarded as something of a dry discipline; lots of numbers, lots of generalizations. Even if you look at it as based on lots of people having lots of sex, it still lacks the specificity of, say, Lady Chatterley. Paul Morland has addressed this image of demography by viewing the......more

Factorul demografic este adesea ignorat de istorici. Descrierea Razboaielor Napoleoniene nu incepe cu precizarea foarte importanta ca o cincime din populatia Europei de atunci era concentrata in Franta. Peste o suta de ani. in ajunul Primului Razboi Mondial, populatia Frantei nu reprezenta mai mult d......more

The Human Tide is about the importance of demographics in history, with a particular focus on the last couple of centuries. First, a couple of notes on the presentation. A book about demographics was never going to be a page-turner, but even by that standard this is dull and repetitive. And while it'......more

Human Tide is a useful and accessible introduction to the demographics of the past two centuries. One major theme is a persuasive argument that demographics play a key role in world events. For example, Morland explains the Soviet crisis of the 1980s driven in part by population trends (164ff), argue......more

Volgens Paul Morland, demograaf verbonden aan de universiteit van Londen, ligt aan elke ontwikkeling een demografische factor ter grondslag. In Het menselijke getij laat hij zien hoe elke natie, beginnend met het Engeland uit de 18e eeuw, een demografische transitie heeft doorgemaakt. Malthus had he......more