The coming population crash : and our planet's surprising future /

Pearce chronicles nearly 200 years of demographic issues, beginning with efforts to contain the demographic explosion, from the early environmental movement's racism and involvement in eugenics to coercive family-planning policies in China and India.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pearce, Fred
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Population > Social aspects.
Population forecasting.
Prévision démographique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Population forecasting
Population > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Coming Population Crash
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Malthusian Nightmares
  • Chapter 1: A Dark and Terrible Genius
  • Chapter 2: The Road to Skibbereen
  • Chapter 3: Saving the White Man
  • Part Two: Rise of the Population Controller
  • Chapter 4: An Ornithologist Speaks
  • Chapter 5: The Contraceptive Cavalry
  • Chapter 6: Three Wise Men
  • Chapter 7: Six Dollars a Snip
  • Chapter 8: Green Revolution
  • Chapter 9: One Child
  • Part Three: Implosion
  • Chapter 10: Small Towns in Germany
  • Chapter 11: Winter in Europe
  • Chapter 12: Russian RoulettePart Four: The Reproductive Revolution
  • Chapter 13: Sisters
  • Chapter 14: Sex and the City
  • Chapter 15: Singapore Sling
  • Chapter 16: Missing Girls
  • Chapter 17: Where Men Still Rule
  • Part Five: Migrants
  • Chapter 18: Waving or Drowning?
  • Chapter 19: Migrant Myths
  • Chapter 20: Footloose in Asia
  • Chapter 21: Godâ€?s Crucible
  • Part Six: Reaching The Limits
  • Chapter 22: The Tigers and the Bulge
  • Chapter 23: Footprints on a Finite Planet
  • Chapter 24: Feeding the World
  • Chapter 25: Slumdogs Arise
  • Part Seven: Older, Wiser, GreenerChapter 26: The Age of the Old
  • Chapter 27: Silver Lining
  • Chapter 28: Peak Population and Beyond
  • Notes on Sources
  • Index

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