The population of the modern world continues to grow at a rate
unprecedented in human history. How are we to explain this massive
increase in the number of living people? What is its consequence,
now and for the future? How have populations changed in size and
structure since the advent of industrial technology? Can we predict
the population trends in developing countries? These and many other
significant questions are dealt with in a persuasive yet accessible
manner in Ronald Freedman's pivotal "Population Growth."
Modern population trends are unique in historical perspective;
describing them as part of a "vital revolution" is not an
exaggeration. The more popular term "population explosion" is less
accurate because it refers to only one aspect of the current
situation--the unprecedented growth rates. In the last two
centuries other important trends have developed, also without
precedent in all of the previous millennia of human history. While
the size of population growth is very important in itself, the
essays in this volume demonstrate that many other aspects of
structure and change in populations are equally important.
In readable, non-technical language, these collected essays
analyze the most important modern trends in world population. The
essays include comprehensive discussions of population theory,
analyses of population trends, and prospects in the United States
and surveys of population trends in other major areas of the world.
As a survey of current population problems, this book will be a
library staple for those involved in international development
programs, sociologists, family planning workers, and everyone
concerned with the contemporary vital revolution in population.
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