Massimo (University of Florence) Livi-Bacci

Wat gebeurt er met ons als we iemand verliezen? Hoe gaan we om met de leegte die er dan ontstaat? Hoe pakken we de draad weer op? En wat kunnen we doe

The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing

The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi B

This text describes the historical interrelationships in Europe between population, land, resources, and disease. By integrating the key component of

Since its original publication in 1992, A Concise History of the World Populations has established itself as the standard history of world population.

The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi B

"On est le 6 décembre 2018, il est midi. Trois semaines que le mouvement a démarré, avec l'impression, ici, que tout ne fait que commencer". Qu'avons-

In 430 v.C. probeerde Socrates de ijdele, machtsbeluste Atheense staatsman Alcibiades te leren hoe hij een goed mens kon zijn - en hij faalde op spect

Profound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in

The sixth book of the Iliad includes the exchanges between Diomedes and Glaucus, and Hector and Hecuba, Paris, Helen and Andromache. The Commentary, w

Lorsque la narratrice arrive à Hollywood pour y effectuer une recherche biographique sur Buster Keaton, elle ne sait pas encore que son enquête va bif

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda.

Florence Given moedigt in ‘Women Don't Owe You Pretty’ lezers aan om de verhalen in twijfel te trekken die hen weerhouden van zelfacceptatie, eigenlie

From the time of Malthus, the insufficient supply of food resources has been considered the main constraint of population growth and the main factor i

A panoramic history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship.

Provides a varied selection from the attractive corpus of Greek lyric, including well-known as well as some lesser studied poems. The original Greek t

Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britain’s m

A Byron biography like no other – published to mark the bicentennial of his death – it tells the remarkable life story of the celebrated Romantic poet

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