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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation. However, since the 1970s we have been facing exactly the opposite problem: people having too few babies. Population growth has been slowing for two generations. The author explains why the population implosion happened and how it is remaking culture, the economy, and politics both at home and around the globe.--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Draws on a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than ten thousand volunteers from across Britain, Ireland, and America to trace the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and their descendants, and explore how the descendents of the Saxons, Vikings, and Celts are still shaping the world.
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Language
English
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The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this polemic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources. Pivotal in establishing the field of demography, it remains crucial to understanding modern problems with food production and distribution. Anglican parson Thomas Robert Malthus wrote his famous essay in 1798 in response to speculations on social perfectibility...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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By narrowing down the United States' population to a village of one hundred people, the author offers up statistics about nationalities, familes, religion, occupations, wealth, health, age, and energy use.
15) People
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
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Emphasizes the differences and similarities among the four billion people on earth.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
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"With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all of these questions and more! Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding...
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