Population and development /
Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implicat...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : New York :
Zed : Economic & Social Research Council ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848139121 1848139128 9781350221819 1350221813 128290339X 9781282903395 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
