Human empire: mobility and demographic thought in the british atlantic world, 1500–1800
Auteur :
McCormick, Ted
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009124614
Date de publication :
23 mai 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,1 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examines the emergence of population as an object of knowledge and governance through attempts to manage poverty, vagrancy, colonization, slavery, religious difference, and empire in the early modern British Atlantic world. This engaging study connects the history of demographic ideas to early modern intellectual, political, and colonial contexts.