While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book, first published in 1982, was the first to make a thorough examination of the question. Focusing on Peru, Professor Cook estimates population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation ratios, and census projection.
He also analyses the catastrophic population decline that resulted from contact with Europeans, and compares this experience with that of the coastal region and the Andean highlands.
| ISBN: | 9780521523141 |
| Publication date: | 7th June 2004 |
| Author: | Noble David Cook |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 324 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Latin American Studies |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |
While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book, first published in 1982, was the first to make a thorough examination of the question. Focusing on Peru, Professor Cook estimates population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation ratios, and census projection.
Demographic Collapse features in the following genres: Social and cultural history
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Demographic Collapse was written by Noble David Cook and published by Cambridge University Press
Demographic Collapse has 324 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Latin American Studies series
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