Full text: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th - 18th century, 1, The structures of everyday life : the limits of the possible (1)

Contents 
Introduction 
Preface 
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WEIGHT OF NUMBERS 
Guessing the world population 
Ebb and flow, 32 - The lack of statistics, 34 - How to 
calculate? 38 - The equivalence of Europe and China, 
39 — World population, 40 - Questionable figures, 41 
- The relationship between the centuries, 46 - The 
old inadequate explanations, 47 - Climatic rhythms, 
49. 
A scale of reference 
Towns, armies and navies, 51 - A France prematurely 
overpopulated, 54 ~ Density of population and level 
of civilization, 56 — Other points inferred from 
Gordon W. Hewes™ map, 62 — Wild men and ani- 
mals, 64. 
The cighteenth century: watershed of biological 
regimes 
Preserving the balance, 71 - Famine, 73 - Epidemics, 
78 — The plague, 83 - The cycle of diseases, 88 — 1.400 
1800: a long-lasting biological ancien regime, go. 
I'he many against the few 
Against the barbarians, 93 - The disappearance of the 
great nomads before the seventeenth century, 94 
I'he conquest of space, 98 — The resistance of cultures, 
roo - Civilization against civilization, 102. 
DAILY BREAD 
Wheat 
Wheat and other grains, 109 - Wheat and crop rota- 
tion, 114 - Low yields, compensations and disasters, 
120 - Increased cultivation and higher yields, 122 - 
Local and international trade in grain, 124 - Grain 
and calories, 129 - The price of grain and the standard 
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