LEADER 02624nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910454463203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6247-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689775 035 $a(EBL)345305 035 $a(OCoLC)476161452 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209705 035 $a(PQKB)11705721 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC345305 035 $a(OCoLC)646750176 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39619 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL345305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231138 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526018 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689775 100 $a20790416d1958 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe population ahead$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Roy G. Francis 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d[1958] 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 300 $aBased on papers presented at the second symposium on population problems, held at the University of Minnesota in 1957. 300 $aErrata slip mounted on p. x. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8166-5770-X 311 $a0-8166-0159-3 327 $aForeword; Table of Contents; The Desegregation of Ideas; A Generation of Demographic Change; Minimum Subsistence; Optimum Rates of Population Growth; The Man-Land Ratio; The Equilibrium Population; The Genetic Future of Man; Cultural Aspects of the Population Problem; Variations on a Theme by Malthus; Commentary; Index 330 $aThis volume brings together the thinking and viewpoints of specialists from various pertinent fields for a discussion of factors bearing on the quality of future populations of the world. The discussions center around three fundamental questions: Is the human population growing at a rate which threatens the standards of living to which most of tits individuals aspire? Is the genetic composition of the population tending in directions which are harmful to the common good? What can and should be done, if the answer to either of the foregoing questions is yes?. The chapters, by nine different con 606 $aPopulation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPopulation. 676 $a312.082 676 $a301.32082* 701 $aFrancis$b Roy G.$f1919-$0893988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454463203321 996 $aThe population ahead$91997053 997 $aUNINA