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The population ahead [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roy G. Francis



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Titolo: The population ahead [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roy G. Francis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1958]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
Disciplina: 312.082
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Soggetto topico: Population
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: FrancisRoy G. <1919->  
Note generali: Based on papers presented at the second symposium on population problems, held at the University of Minnesota in 1957.
Errata slip mounted on p. x.
Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Foreword; 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
Sommario/riassunto: This 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
Titolo autorizzato: The population ahead  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-6247-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454463203321
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