The Economic History Of World Population
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the dawn of human civilization to the modern industrial age, Carlo M. Cipolla's The Economic History of World Population presents a sweeping and incisive account of how population growth and economic forces have shaped — and been shaped by — each other across millennia. Cipolla chronicles the interplay between demographic shifts, technological revolutions, and the availability of resources, arguing that the story of humanity is, at its core, the story of energy, labour, and survival. With remarkable concision, he traces the great turning points in world history — the agricultural revolution, the rise of trade networks, the Industrial Revolution — illuminating how each transformed both the number and the material conditions of human life. Cipolla writes with the clarity and authority of a scholar who commands vast historical terrain without sacrificing accessibility, making complex economic theory intelligible to the general reader. His analysis is at once global in scope and precise in detail, drawing on evidence from ancient societies through to twentieth-century demographics to construct a compelling unified narrative. A cornerstone of economic history literature, this work raises urgent questions about the limits of growth and the fragility of prosperity that resonate as powerfully today as when first published — leaving the reader to wonder whether the patterns of the past hold any warning for the future.
Author: Carlo M. Cipolla
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the dawn of human civilization to the modern industrial age, Carlo M. Cipolla's The Economic History of World Population presents a sweeping and incisive account of how population growth and economic forces have shaped — and been shaped by — each other across millennia. Cipolla chronicles the interplay between demographic shifts, technological revolutions, and the availability of resources, arguing that the story of humanity is, at its core, the story of energy, labour, and survival. With remarkable concision, he traces the great turning points in world history — the agricultural revolution, the rise of trade networks, the Industrial Revolution — illuminating how each transformed both the number and the material conditions of human life. Cipolla writes with the clarity and authority of a scholar who commands vast historical terrain without sacrificing accessibility, making complex economic theory intelligible to the general reader. His analysis is at once global in scope and precise in detail, drawing on evidence from ancient societies through to twentieth-century demographics to construct a compelling unified narrative. A cornerstone of economic history literature, this work raises urgent questions about the limits of growth and the fragility of prosperity that resonate as powerfully today as when first published — leaving the reader to wonder whether the patterns of the past hold any warning for the future.