The Children of Eve | Louis P. Cain, Donald G. Paterson

The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world history of demographic and economic change that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasises the commonality of human experience. * The first book to put together material about population and well-being in a single volume * Emphasizes the formative population history of Europe and North America over the years since the Middle Ages, and includes discussions of Asia and the southern hemisphere * The authors successfully maintain the difficult balance of addressing complex issues in a style that doesn't over-simplify the subject, whilst upholding an approach that is accessible to general readers and students* Designed to work as both a stand alone text or a supplement to textbooks in any number of courses