{"product_id":"the-human-tide-how-population-shaped-the-modern-world-hardcover","title":"The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Morland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empires\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without understanding the role that population has played. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide\u003c\/i\u003e shows how periods of rapid population transition -- a phenomenon that first emerged in the British Isles but gradually spread across the globe--shaped the course of world history. Demography -- the study of population -- is the key to unlocking an understanding of the world we live in and how we got here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Demographic changes explain why the Arab Spring came and went, how China rose so meteorically, and why Britain voted for Brexit and America for Donald Trump. Sweeping from Europe to the Americas, China, East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, The Human Tide is a panoramic view of the sheer power of numbers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Paul Morland\u003c\/b\u003e is associate research fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London and a renowned authority on demography. He lives in London with his wife and has three children. A French speaker with dual German and British citizenship, Paul Morland also spends much time at his home in the French Pyrenees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first class B.A. (Hons) in PPE. He graduated with Distinction in his Masters in International Relations, also from Oxford University, and was awarded his Ph.D from the University of London. \u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is his first trade book but as well as an academic work on demography, published by Ashgate \/ Routledge, he has contributed a number of comment pieces on demography to newspapers in the UK and Israel.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771679572256,"sku":"9781541788367","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6c6adf960fffd711b36c2d7f36b7230.webp?v=1780390937","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-human-tide-how-population-shaped-the-modern-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}