This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the authors examine 100,000 life histories in 100 rural communities in Western Europe and Asia to analyze the demographic response to social and economic pressures. In doing so they challenge the accepted Eurocentric Malthusian view of population processes and demonstrate that population behavior has not been as uniform as previously thought -- that it has often been determined by human agency, particularly social structure and cultural practice.
The authors examine the complex relationship between human behavior and social and economic environment, analyzing age, gender, family, kinship, social class and social organization, climate, food prices, and real wages to compare mortality responses to adversity. Their research at the individual, household, and community levels challenges the previously accepted characterizations of social and economic behavior in Europe and Asia in the past. The originality of the analysis as well as the geographic breadth and historical depth of the data make Life Under Pressure a significant advance in the field of historical demography. Its findings will be of interest to scholars in economics, environmental studies, demography, history, and sociology as well as the general reader interested in these subjects.

Life Under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900 (The Mit Press Eurasian Population and Family History Series)

Business & Money

James Lee

Tommy Bengtsson

Cameron Campbell

Economics

Mit Pr

Hanbury & Martin: Modern Equity provides an up-to-date and modern account of this challenging area of the law. This twenty-second edition of the long-standing work is the third edition under the present editors. The new edition contains rigorous analysis of the latest in case law and academic debate, with strengthened reference to other common law jurisdictions. Modern Equity continues to be unparalleled in breadth of scope and wealth of detail and remains the authority on equity and trusts law. Features of the twenty-second edition: Comprehensive coverage of recent developments, including detailed analysis of key appellate decisions: those of the United Kingdom Supreme Court such as The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation v Attorney General on fiduciaries and administration, Stoffel & Co v Grondona on illegality, and R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on ethical investments; those of the Privy Council in Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glenalla Properties Ltd on trustee liability and Webb v Webb on beneficial ownership; and various authorities at Court of Appeal level in the areas of fiduciary duties, proprietary estoppel, dishonest assistance and rectification; Careful engagement with the application of the law in lower courts across the field of trusts and equity; Further reference to relevant case law from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore; and consideration of the position in off-shore jurisdictions; Discussion of the impact of current legislation relating to trusts, tax and transparency; Incorporation of legislative developments, including the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 and applicable finance and pensions legislation; Assessment of Law Commission proposals in relevant areas

Hanbury & Martin Modern Equity

Jamie Glister

Specialties

SWEET MAXWELL

Career: A New Play (Classic Reprint)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Forgotten Books

Career a Play in Three Acts

Samuel French, Inc.

The Maldives: A Prayer Journey Guide

Island Missions

A Private Cathedral (Dave Robicheaux 23)

BURKE

Genre Fiction

Orion an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd

Peach Girl

Miwa Ueda

Jodi Bryson

Why Science? To know, to Understand, and to Rely on Results by Roger G Newton

GCSE Study Skills

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Letts Educational

Complete Owner's Guide to Keeping and Breeding Diamondback Terrapins. Chapters include Natural History, The Genus Malaclemys, Terrapins in Captivity, Health Care, Breeding, and Conservation. * The first book written on all 7 diamondback terrapin subspecies. * The only book with over 150 color photos of diamondback terrapins. * Book includes picture of the one and only albino diamondback terrapin. * Information and pictures on a possible 8th subspecies.

Diamondback Terrapins: Gems of the Turtle World

Mill City Press

A Private Cathedral (barnes & Nobel Exclusive).

Simon&Schuster

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