{"product_id":"2940170237340","title":"The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empires.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without understanding the role that population has played.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide\u003c\/i\u003e shows how periods of rapid population transitionamp;mdash;a phenomenon that first emerged in the British Isles but gradually spread across the globeamp;mdash;shaped the course of world history. Demographyamp;mdash;the study of populationamp;mdash;is the key to unlocking an understanding of the world we live in and how we got here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemographic changes explain why the Arab Spring came and went, how China rose so meteorically, and why Britain voted for Brexit and America for Donald Trump. Sweeping from Europe to the Americas, China, East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is a panoramic view of the sheer power of numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150591541488,"sku":"2940170237340","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170237340_p0.jpg?v=1763706123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170237340","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}