Has anyone else here read "A farwell to alms"?
 

Hemingway. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

The book's on my bookshelf... but I have not read it. I bought it because
his theory about the wealthy having more surviving offspring than the poor
countered my belief that up until the 20th century cities were population sinkholes
which had to be replenished by a constant stream of immigrants from the
countryside. Before about 1880s people had no idea how exactly the diseases
are transmitted, so I'd assume that all classes were equally badly hit.

I buy a lot of books, sadly, I never read most of them.

Yes. Plenty of them actually. The first example that comes to mind is the gradual extinction of Patrician families over time in the Roman Republic/Empire. The other example is overall Roman fertility during the time of Silphium use.

well if heraclitus liked it, it can't be that bad of a book

i "ordered" it a few seconds ago. the "package size" is 24 megaby... err, hectograms. it should be "delivered" within this week.

looking forward to this book, thank you for your recommendation http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif