Atlas of World Population History

This is a book that will be welcomed by social scientists and economists as well as by historians and demographers. Its range is vast - the history of the world's population from early man to the twenty-first century AD (by projection). But it is so skilfully and clearly organized that reading it is a pleasure and reference simple. Continent by continent and country by country, each section is fully illustrated with graphs, maps and diagrams. The text is crisp and helpful, explaining not only how population trends moved but why.