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From classic demographic theory to the best contemporary thinking, this book will fruitfully replace previous ways of looking at population expansion and contraction.

Table of Contents

Introductions Preface Introduction New Viewpoints on an Old Topic: What Form Does Population Growth Take--and Why? Patterning the Parts as Well as the Whole across Four Centuries of American Demographic Increase Common Forms of Growth for All New Settlements? Evidence from Other Northern European Colonizations Other Striking But General G-Based Trends: "Demographic Disaster" and "Population Explosion" in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania The Growth and Decline of Old World Peoples: Insights from Europe, Where the Debate Began How Regional Changes of Population in Europe Underlay National Ones--from Andalusia to the Amur, from Trondheim to the Tisza Sketching Population History in Asia and Africa: Outlines of the Often Obscure The Growth of Cities and the Spread of Urbanization The Local Generality of the Simplest G-Shaped Trends: Cross-Cultural Examples Over Time Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

About the Author

P.M.G. HARRIS is Professor Emeritus of History at Temple University.