The Historical Effects of Demography on Population Growth

High levels of fertility in Europe including in the UK where much of this technology that allowed us to break out of the Malthusian trap originated largely enabled European colonialism. The sub replacement facility phase that we're into now sometimes called the second demographic transition is that a useful phrase do you think or are there problems with reviewing it in that way? Well let me deal with those two things first of all colonial expansion you're absolutely right Europe started to dominate the globe in the 15th century long before it had its demographic explosion and it kind of controlled the Americas effectively by accident through the decimation of the native population but places like India and China and Africa didn't succumb to European domination until European populations