When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography.

This book considers the millennia that were characterized by hunting and gathering, the Indus valley civilization, the opening-up of the Ganges river basin, and the eras of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, British colonial rule, and ...

Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world.

Synthesizing a mass of statistical data and drawing on case material from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Middle East, the book suggests that food production in most world regions has kept ahead of population ...

A policy chapter concludes the book. India's future problems are large, but in principle manageable. However, whether the country will actually achieve sustainable development for allis another matter.

Tim Dyson's answer to the Year in Provence' phenomenon in which reverses the situation and brings a couple from deep in rural France to sample the delights of the car parks, council offices and railway station of Addlestone.