A concise history of world population

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1 The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth -- 1.1 Humans and Animals -- 1.2 Divide and Multiply -- 1.3 Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon, and Mathurine Robin -- 1.4 Reproduction and Survival -- 1.4.1 The frequency of births -- 1.4.2 The fecund period used for reproduction -- 1.5 The Space of Growth -- 1.6 Environmental Constraints -- 1.7 A Few Figures -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Demographic Growth: Between Choice and Constraint -- 2.1 Constraint, Choice, Adaptation -- 2.2 From Hunters to Farmers: The Neolithic Demographic Transition -- 2.3 Black Death and Demographic Decline in Europe -- 2.4 The Tragedy of the American Indios: Old Microbes and New Populations -- 2.5 Africa, America, and the Slave Trade -- 2.6 The French Canadians: A Demographic Success Story -- 2.7 Ireland and Japan: Two Islands, Two Histories -- 2.8 On the Threshold of the Contemporary World: China and Europe -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Land, Labor, and Population -- 3.1 Diminishing Returns and Demographic Growth -- 3.2 Historical Confirmations -- 3.3 Demographic Pressure and Economic Development -- 3.4 More on Demographic Pressure and Development: Examples from the Stone Age to the Present Day -- 3.5 Space, Land, and Development -- 3.5.1 The occupation of uninhabited or sparsely populated regions -- 3.5.2 Transformation and land reclamation -- 3.5.3 External expansion -- 3.6 Population Size and Prosperity -- 3.7 Increasing or Decreasing Returns? -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Toward Order and Efficiency: The Recent Demography of Europe and the Developed World -- 4.1 From Waste to Economy -- 4.2 From Disorder to Order: The Lengthening of Life -- 4.3 From High to Low Fertility -- 4.4 European Emigration: A Unique Phenomenon.