The ecology book

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The world's population : an encyclopedia of critical issues, crises, and ever-growing countries by Shelley, Fred M., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, 1776 ; Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798 ; Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, 1848 ; Johnson-Reed Act: text of section establishing immigration quotas, 1924 ; Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965: text of amendment eliminating national immigration quotas ; International adoptions: The Hague Convention, Preamble and Articles 1-5, 1993 ; Genocide: the eight states of genocide, 1998 ; Environmental refugees: Living Space for Environmental Refugees (LiSER) - mission statement, 2002 ; One-Child Policy: testimony of U.S. …”


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Evolution : the history of life on earth by Hodge, Russ, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…World without evolution: Creation, religions, and the age of the Earth -- Astronomy and physics pose major challenges to church doctrines -- Geologists postulate an ancient earth -- "New Geology": Lyell and Darwin -- Problem of fossils -- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and the transmutation of species -- Erasmus Darwin and the "Living Filament" -- -- Natural theology and "Intelligent design" -- Linnaeus and the classification of life -- Thomas Malthus and the threat of overpopulation -- Building the foundations: Voyages of Darwin and Wallace: Voyage of the Beagle -- Geological discoveries, fossils, and extinctions -- Life in space and time -- Barnacles and experiments -- Alfred Russel Wallace in the Spice Islands -- Theory is made public -- Who really discovered evolution? …”


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Food politics : what everyone needs to know by Paarlberg, Robert L.

Table of Contents: “…Food production and population growth -- Who was Thomas Malthus, and why did he see hunger as inevitable? …”


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