Si en Breve historia de las migraciones, publicada en esta misma colección, Massimo Livi Bacci hace un recorrido por el desarrollo de este fenómeno consustancial a la especie humana a lo largo de la historia, en Por tierras y mares: Quince...
Durante el s.XX Europa sufrió terribles traumas demográficos, políticos y económicos, pasando de eje central del tablero mundial a un papel secundario. ¿Qué sucedió?
La búsqueda de oro y de El Dorado obsesionó a los conquistadores desde principios del siglo xvi, empujándolos a surcar los Andes y a explorar las ignotas y selvosas regiones orientales, en unas expediciones a menudo desastrosas y siem...
Consustanciales a la especie humana, las migraciones hicieron posible desde la supervivencia de los cazadores y recolectores hasta la primera globalización del siglo XIX. Hoy día, sin embargo, concebidos los migrantes cada vez más...
Profound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in 1861 with national unification, Massimo Livi-Bacci provides a systematic and detailed analysis of fertil...
This book treats aspects of the social and demographic history of Portugal in the last century, giving particular attention to the transition from a situation of very high fertility to the moderate pattern prevailing in recent times.
Profound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in 1861 with national unification, Massimo Livi-Bacci provides a systematic and detailed analysis of fertil...
This book treats aspects of the social and demographic history of Portugal in the last century, giving particular attention to the transition from a situation of very high fertility to the moderate pattern prevailing in recent times.
The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were...
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. What were the causes? The author shows how not only the imported diseases but also a series of economic and social facto...