{"product_id":"the-human-tide-9781473675162","title":"The Human Tide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superbly explained'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Engrossing'' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global challenges from Germany, Japan and Russia, to America''s emergence as a sole superpower, to the Arab Spring, to the long-term decline of economic growth that started with Japan and has now spread to Europe, to China''s meteoric economy, to Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump - can be explained better when we appreciate the meaning of demographic change across the world.\u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is the first popular history book to redress the underestimated influence of population as a crucial factor in almost all of the major global shifts and events of the last two centuries - revealing how such events are connected by the invisible mutually catalysing forces of population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly original hist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA readable, trenchant, up-to-date overview of the biggest story on the planet\u003c\/b\u003e * Lionel Shriver, The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn admirable introduction to a vital subject\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Morland has rudely awakened us to the hidden hand of demography in shaping history and politics in the modern world ... If you want to understand our times, you must read this book.\u003c\/b\u003e * Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics, Birkbeck University of London, author of 'Whiteshift' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating account of how much sheer population numbers have mattered in human history - and why major demographic upheavals, happening now and over the next few decades, are going to affect us all\u003c\/b\u003e * Alison Wolf *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopulation has been historically one of the key factors that has defined  the relations between states. As Paul Morland shows in this nuanced, highly informative and rigorously argued book, it has now become the defining factor for the political dynamics \u003ci\u003ewithin\u003c\/i\u003e states. \u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide \u003c\/i\u003eshows that we live in an age of hard and soft demographic engineering\u003c\/b\u003e * Ivan Krastev *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Morland argues arithmetically but convincingly, a society's rise or downfall is mirrored in its numbers\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRigorous and detailed\u003c\/b\u003e * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clever analysis\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of how much sheer population numbers have mattered in human history - and why major demographic upheavals, happening now and over the next few decades, are going to affect us all * Alison Wolf *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739539091799,"sku":"9781473675162","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473675162.jpg?v=1720052537","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-human-tide-9781473675162","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}