The population explosion book

List of books and articles about population growth. The population bomb was a dud paul ehrlich got it wrong because he never understood human potential. Fears of a population explosion were widespread in the. This important book a sequel to paul ehrlichs 1968 bestseller the population bomb sounds an alarm we can ill afford to ignore. His 1968 book, the population bomb, sold in the millions with a. Paul and anne ehrlich also clearly and concisely point to immediate action that will lessen the threat of ruin and begin to build a more peaceful, sane, and secure world. The book calls for action to confront population growth and the ensuing crisis. An expert in population biology, ecology, evolution, and behavior, ehrlich has published more than 600 articles and scientific papers.

It predicted worldwide famine in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth. No one was more influential or more terrifying, some would say than paul r. And anne and i had, i cant remember where we were going, but was back to the hotel when i. Well we wanted something dramatic to start the book. Paul and anne ehrlichs 1990 book, the population explosion, should be required background reading for anyone interested in any aspect of environmental. The population explosion vividly describes how the earths. Ehrlich and his wife, anne, who would cowrite many of his 40plus books, produced the first draft of the population bomb in about three weeks, basing it on his. The population explosion is over american enterprise. Africa, the worlds poorest continent, will see its population double over the next three decades.

The unrealized horrors of population explosion the new york times. Ehrlich and his wife, anne ehrlich who was uncredited, in 1968. The book that incited a worldwide fear of overpopulation. The population explosion 1990 in their sequel to the population bomb, the ehrlichs wrote about how the worlds growing population dwarfs the earths capacity to sustain current living standards. The population explosion and christian responsibility. Jay lehr and tom harris ottawa, canada sat, february 29. The unrealized horrors of population explosion the new.

From 1750 to 1950, global population increased from 1 billion to 2. The book that incited a worldwide fear of overpopulation the population bomb made dire predictionsand triggered a wave of repression around the world. The population bomb is a bestselling book written by stanford university professor paul r. The population explosion and christian responsibility by richard martin fagley, 1960, oxford university press edition, in english. Discover librarianselected research resources on population growth from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Ehrlichs book sold three million copies, and his crabbed worldview became an unquestioned orthodoxy for the technocratic class that seems. In 1968, a book by a stanford biologist predicted doom for the planet in coming decades.