The Children of Eve Population and Well-being in History

The Children of Eve is the first book to bring togethergeneral material about population and well-being in a singlevolume. It presents a world history of demographic and economicchange that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasizesthe commonality of human experience. The first book to put together material about population andwell-being in a single volume Emphasizes the formative population history of Europe and NorthAmerica over the years since the Middle Ages, and includesdiscussions of Asia and the southern hemisphere The authors successfully maintain the difficult balance ofaddressing complex issues in a style that doesn't over-simplify thesubject, whilst upholding an approach that is accessible to generalreaders and students Designed to work as both a stand alone text or a supplement totextbooks in any number of courses