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100 1 Engelman, Robert.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
no93038150
245 10 More :|bpopulation, nature, and what women want /|cby
Robert Engelman.
264 1 Washington, D.C. :|bIsland Press,|c[2008]
264 4 |c©2008
300 1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Henrietta's ideal -- The population growers -- Outbound --
The grandmother of invention -- A sense of timing -- Axial
age -- Punishing eve -- Age of enlightenment -- Zen and
the art of population maintenance -- The return of nature.
520 In the capital of Ghana, a teenager nicknamed "Condom
Sister" trolls the streets to educate other young people
about contraception. Her work and her own aspirations
point to a remarkable shift not only in the West African
nation, where just a few decades ago women had nearly
seven children on average, but around the globe. While
world population continues to grow, family size keeps
dropping in countries as diverse as Switzerland and South
Africa. The phenomenon has some lamenting the imminent
extinction of humanity, while others warn that our numbers
will soon outgrow the planet's resources. In this book,
the author offers a decidedly different vision, one that
celebrates women's widespread desire for smaller families.
Mothers aren't seeking more children, he argues, but more
for their children. If they are able to realize their
intentions, we just might suffer less climate change,
hunger, and disease, not to mention sky-high housing costs
and infuriating traffic jams. He also shows that this
three-way dance between population, women's autonomy, and
the natural world is as old as humanity itself. He traces
pivotal developments in our history that set population
and society on its current trajectory, from hominids'
first steps on two feet to the persecution of "witches" in
Europe to the creation of modern contraception. The book
also explores how population growth has shaped modern
civilization and humanity as we know it. The result is a
mind-stretching exploration of parenthood, sex, and
culture through the ages. Yet for all its fascinating
historical detail, it is primarily about the choices we
face today. Whether society supports women to have
children when and only when they choose to will not only
shape their lives, but the world all our children will
inherit.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
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650 0 Fertility, Human.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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650 0 Population.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
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650 0 Women|xAttitudes.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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650 0 Nature|xEffect of human beings on.|0https://id.loc.gov/
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650 7 Population.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1071476
650 7 Women|xAttitudes.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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650 7 Nature|xEffect of human beings on.|2fast|0https://
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650 7 Women.|2homoit|0https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0001509
650 7 Womyn.|2homoit|0https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0001516
655 0 Electronic books.
655 4 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aEngelman, Robert.|tMore.|dWashington,
D.C. : Island Press, ©2008|z9781597260190|w(DLC)
2007040649|w(OCoLC)173809044
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