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.

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.

In early November 1952, 2nd Lt. Ron Freedman, along with 900 members of his battalion, boarded a military transport ship-destination ... South Korea. While onboard, Ron was given fifty Christmas cards and told to write home. He couldn't remember if he had fifty friends, but he did remember Nancy "Pete" Smith, a girl he'd once dated in Boston. Their correspondence continued throughout one of the most turbulent years of the Korean War - 1953. In May 1953, not long after the first battle of Pork Chop Hill, Lt. Freedman transferred to the 7th Infantry Division as a Forward Observer, 48th Field Artillery Battalion. His service earned him the Silver Star ... and a Purple Heart. Many have written about the Korean War, and the two desperate battles of Pork Chop Hill in particular. Love Letters to Pete tells the personal story of one soldier who took part in the 2nd Battle for Pork Chop Hill. But the letters he wrote to future wife Nancy "Pete" Smith don't tell all of the story. Now, 60 years later, Ron gives details of actions not told in those letters. Together the comments and letters in Love Letters to Pete give a complete picture of life at war-the boredom, endless training, friendships, battles, and an almost casual heroism, as told by one who lived it to the one he loved.