{"product_id":"more-people-fewer-states-the-past-and-future-of-world-population-and-empire-sizes-hardback-9781009427821","title":"More People, Fewer States; The Past and Future of World Population and Empire Sizes (Hardback) 9781009427821","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMore People, Fewer States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Past and Future of World Population and Empire Sizes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplore 5000 years of human history, shaped by population surges and empires' rise and fall, both driven by socio-technological advancements.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRein Taagepera (Author), Miroslav Nemčok (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009427821, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.647 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book summarizes and extends Rein Taagepera's earlier prodigious quantitative comparative studies of the territorial sizes of empires and puts his results in a larger anthropological comparative framework that also considers primate groups, tribes, and chiefdoms. The methodological approach combines careful estimations of quantitative measures that make it possible to compare the scales and temporal changes in scale across cultures and civilizations over a very long period up to the present. This volume also adds the study of populations of polities and the sizes of cities which provides new insights into the timing and location of the upsweeps and down-sweeps of scale. This produces original insights about the nature of sociocultural evolution that have important implications for the future.' Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California, Riverside\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe long-term development of political systems over extended time periods has been somewhat neglected. More People, Fewer States examines world history through population explosion and empire size changes across 5000 years of socio-technological development, revealing three distinct phases: Runner, Rider, and Engineer empires. A careful comparative approach reveals that Old Egypt, Achaemenid, Caliphate, Mongol, and Britain each achieved remarkable yet rarely acknowledged expansions, leading to their successive record empire sizes. If identified past trends persist, a potential single world state could emerge by 4600, although environmental concerns may intervene. Focusing on population dynamics and area metrics of states, this book provides a novel framework for evaluating the growth, structure, and decline of empires. It not only illuminates ancient historical space but also ventures into future projections, making it an essential read for scholars interested in the long-term evolution of political systems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. More People and yet Fewer States\u003cbr\u003e 2. Two Phases in World Population Growth: A Novel Visualization and a Logical Model\u003cbr\u003e 3. Did Written Records Give a New Boost to Population Growth? 4. From Populations to Empires and The Role of Technology\u003cbr\u003e 5. Empires: Definitions, Measurements, and Growth-Decline Curves\u003cbr\u003e 6. Talkers, Doers, Regulators, and Followers: A Conceptual Framework for States\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Pecking Order to Political Order\u003cbr\u003e 8. Runner Empires (-3000 to -600)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Early Rider Empires (-600 to +600)\u003cbr\u003e 10. An Apparent Dead-End: Republics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Stirrup Empires (600 to 1200)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Last Rider Empires (1200 to 1800)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Engineer Empires (from 1800 on)\u003cbr\u003e 14. How Top States Have Become Larger\u003cbr\u003e 15. How the Number of States Has Decreased – and What's Ahead\u003cbr\u003e 16. Population Density, and Connecting World and Top State Populations\u003cbr\u003e 17. Growth-Decline Patterns and Durations of Empires\u003cbr\u003e 18. Empire Shapes, Languages, and Reigns\u003cbr\u003e 19. Cities and Empires\u003cbr\u003e 20. How History Fades – and Expands\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Future of the Super-Cancer of the of Biosphere.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414005772568,"sku":"9781009427821","price":73.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009427821i.jpg?v=1784335509","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/more-people-fewer-states-the-past-and-future-of-world-population-and-empire-sizes-hardback-9781009427821","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}