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A groundbreaking book that reveals the truth about population levels, and where they will take us in the future.
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Wherever we look, population is the driver of the most toxic issues on the political agenda. But the population bomb is being defused. Half the world's women are having two children or fewer. Within a generation, the world's population will be falling. And we will all be getting very old.
So should we welcome the return to centre stage of the tribal elders? Or is humanity facing a fate worse than environmental apocalypse?
Brilliant, heretical and accessible to all, Fred Pearce takes on the matter that is fundamental to who we are and how we live, confronting our demographic demons.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
a hugely important summary of the demographic challenges facing the next 3 generations .
and they are certainly not what people think they are .
I've given this to all mine and my partners children with strict instructions to read .
and then to pass on to their partners and friends .
I've never recommended a book so strongly .
and they are certainly not what people think they are .
I've given this to all mine and my partners children with strict instructions to read .
and then to pass on to their partners and friends .
I've never recommended a book so strongly .
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read an excerpt of this book in the Guardian Weekly and almost immediately went and bought it. It's a fascinating read, albeit a little sensationalist at times (well, the author's a journalist - what should I expect?). Really enjoyed the survey of population theorists and government population campaigns - the facts and figures are astounding and often shocking. I've had difficulty putting it down - a recommended read.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Well, Fred Pearce can write. No doubt about that. And write fast, I suppose, since this book appears very simplistic. Initially the Irish potato famine is described to set the scene. Pearce tells the story he likes to tell, but please take the trouble to read J S Donnelly (The Great Irish Potato Famine) for the real, balanced story! Pearce's presentation of concepts like biofuel and demographic transition are likewise simplistic and skewed. Downright funny is his dismissal of of Meadows and al., Limits to Growth from a. 1970: The[ir] main model run showed business continuing as usual till about 2010. After that, 'as resource prices rise and mines are depleted, more and more capital must be used for obtaining resources, leaving less to be invested for [...]'. Well, might not Peak Oil fit that prediction remarkably well? No reflection on that by Fred Pearce! - More scary is that Pearce takes for granted that the rest of the world should just give way and surrender the world to the overly fecund. Sure, a demographic collapse in a country with 8 to 12-fold population increase within just a few generations could be Hell on Earth - but need it really be the end of the world? Not living in such a country myself, I could easily see the world live through such events and emerge in better shape eventually. - For a more balanced and not so sensational, but still popular account of modern world demograhics, read 'More' by Robert Engelman instead.
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Refreshing
This is an engaging and easy-to-read take on the current state of world population.
As someone who would describe myself as an environmentalist, I read a lot of very... Read more
As someone who would describe myself as an environmentalist, I read a lot of very... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mr. John J. Hill
A must read
Have just finished this enlightening book. it ought to be a must read for senior school pupils. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Published 5 months ago by Ralph Dexter
You only read twice
Great book but why the hell is it published by two publishers under two completely different titles? Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bracca Ley
Tabloid journalism
For an esteemed scientific journalist, Pearce writes in a very sloppy fashion. Like this. With sentences. No verbs. Read more
Published 12 months ago by C. F. Boyle
A broad perspective on the population debate
The world is going through a massive demographic transition. It is a century in and has at least another century to run. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jeremy Williams
A whistle-stop demographic tour
Fred Pearce has written a book that contributes to the discussion about the number of people the planet can sustainably support. Read more
Published 13 months ago by J. Milton
A lone voice speaks up
As a child of the late sixties I have been brought up in the belief that the population explosion started at that time and has remained largely unchecked apart from interventions... Read more
Published 19 months ago by RG
Population, debated intelligently
I've known, in a vague way, that the dire predictions of 18th-century thinker Robert Malthus about the perils of over-population (learnt about in school history lessons) were no... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jeremy Bevan
Now the best book on population
I judge books by how dog-eared they are when I finish them and whether I buy copies to press into the hands of colleagues and friends. This book soars in both categories. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Stewart Brand
A demographic pageturner
I was triggered to read Peoplequake by a tweet that led to Fred Pearce's suspense article on the shrinking eastern German city of Hoyerswerda in The Guardian. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by R. E. Van Dalm
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