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  • Race and Reason - A Yankee view
    Carleton Putnam
    This book is a signal contribution to an understanding of the race controversy. No other writer, in my opinion, has yet combined so forceful an analysis of the viewpoints of both North and South with so clear a grasp of the reasons behind each. Carleton Putnam strikes at the root of the matter. He thoroughly explores the ideology which led to the Supreme Court’s decision in the...
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    23,54 €

  • Race, reason and reality
    Carleton Putnam
    Biological scientists seldom find themselves writing an introduction to what is essentially a study of a social problem. However, the problem in this instance is of such great importance from both the scientific and social standpoints, and the two are so closely interrelated, that we cannot dissociate ourselves from the task. Our professional interest lies in the scientific fou...
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    27,37 €

  • Race and Reality - A search for solutions
    Carleton Putnam
    This book is a sequel to Carleton Putnam’s Race and Reason, which has sold over 150,000 copies since its publication in 1961. Race and Reality brings up-to-date the story begun in the earlier volume. Readers familiar with the latter will find summarized here Putnam’s essential viewpoint set in a fresh perspective. They will also find added documentation and much that throws new...
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    23,20 €

  • Freedom
    Jiji Thattil
    My first book was published in 2018. But India banned 2047 before even a hundred copies could be sold. So Jail was available everywhere outside and is still available from Singapore. This however, has moved to Malaysia. I can only do so much where democracy has died. ...
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    12,19 €

  • Есть ли у человечества будущее или Апокалипсис эпохи D.R.Ai
    Игорь Липсиц
    Наступило время Великого Перелома: ещё лет шестьдесят человечество будет расти в численности, а потом планета начнёт пустеть. Экономист Игорь Липсиц показывает, как ловушка благосостояния - комфорт, города, растущие доходы и растущий эгоизм - гасит рождаемость, и что это значит для экономики, рынков и самой цивилизации. Депопуляция, роботизация и искусственный интеллект (D.R.AI...
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    16,61 €

  • Estudo Quantitativo da População no Brasil - Uma análise preliminar sobre os números populacionais
    Christian Bittencourt
    Este documento é um registro histórico pessoal dos números absolutos de nascimentos e óbitos no Brasil entre 2015 e 2024, elaborado exclusivamente a partir de dados do Portal da Transparência do Registro Civil e de fontes do IBGE. O documento não classifica as causas de morte nem estabelece relações de causalidade.Os resultados combinados revelam uma compressão persistente do c...
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    12,02 €

  • Slum Redevelopment Concerns
    Fazal Abubakkar Esaf
    Urbanization has created unprecedented opportunities for economic growth, but it has also intensified challenges related to housing inequality and informal settlements. Slum redevelopment has become a critical policy area requiring careful balance between urban transformation and protection of vulnerable communities.This white paper analyses the major concerns associated with s...
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    21,77 €

  • VMS North Stars
    Swapan Saha
    Imagine a grandfather, a father, and a granddaughter living in the same house. Each one has their own story - and none of those stories are simple. The shape of a life is never just character or choice. It’s the product of countless forces, internal and external, pressing on a person before they’re even old enough to notice the pressure.This book takes that house seriously. It ...
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    14,30 €

  • The Empty House Next Door
    Raymond Mercer
    Discover the Hidden World of Japan’s Abandoned Homes... And How You Can Own OneJapan is facing a crisis: over 8.5 million empty houses, Akiya, dotting the countryside, abandoned by heirs who can’t afford to keep them and unwanted by a generation obsessed with new construction. For Westerners, however, these forgotten properties represent an unprecedented opportunity: the chance...
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    25,57 €

  • Transition démographique en Afrique occidentale et objectifs de développement durable
    Bi Tozan Zah
    Le développement contrarié des pays d’Afrique occidentale suscite d’analyser en profondeur le lien entre la transition démographique et les objectifs de développement durable (ODD). À quelques années de la fin des ODD, cette analyse est pertinente pour permettre aux gouvernements de se faire une idée des enjeux liés à la problématique de la population et du développement, et d’...
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    33,13 €

  • Intending Eden
    Robert Engelman
    Amid growing political pressure on women to have more children to fend off population decline, Robert Engelman offers an alternative-and hopeful-vision: environmentally sustainable populations stemming from the childbearing intentions of those who conceive and give birth. In this new, updated edition of his book, Engelman offers a sweeping history of human reproduction and show...
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    18,29 €

  • Africa’s Road to Prosperity
    Jakkie Cilliers
    Africa has enormous potential, but only if the right choices are made. In Africa’s Road to Prosperity, Jakkie Cilliers shows how the continent can overcome obstacles such as energy shortages, limited infrastructure and slow economic growth to unlock sustained development. ...
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    25,83 €

  • Population Growth
    AI Lab for Book-Lovers
    What if the most profound decision-to create life itself-becomes an algorithm? What if humanity’s future is too important to leave to chance, and the ’right’ path means sacrificing our present ideals?Population Growth: Right vs. Now plunges into the urgent and unsettling ethical landscape of demographic decline and the controversial rise of AI-driven pronatalist policies. Craft...
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    29,68 €

  • Reproductive Racism
    Susanne Schultz
    Population is a dangerous political category. It is not separable from the racist and class-based valorisation and devaluation of different lives. From global contraceptive implant programmes to right wing anti-immigration discourses, demographic interpretations of multiple current crises legitimise the states’ grip on childbearing and mobility. The results are complex dimensio...
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    50,20 €

  • Birth Control Laws Shall We Keep Them Change Them or Abolish Them (Cram Edition)
    Mary Ware Dennett
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Birth Control Laws Shall We Keep Them Change Them or Abolish Them pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Birth control laws' by Mary Ware Dennett, subtitled 'shall we keep them, change them, or abolish them,' presents a critical examination of legislation governi...
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    27,94 €

  • Situer les pouvoirs en géographie culturelle
    TBD
    Comment certaines pratiques, certains lieux ou certains savoirs dits culturels sont-ils rendus légitimes, visibles ou au contraire marginalisés ? Ce numéro propose d’interroger la manière dont des pratiques, récits et dispositifs sont qualifiés de culturels et participent directement à la production des rapports de pouvoir.Les contributions réunies s’appuient sur des enquêt...
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    24,41 €

  • Life and Writings of Thomas R. Malthus (Cram Edition)
    Charles R. (Charles Robert) Drysdale
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Life and Writings of Thomas R. Malthus pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the life and groundbreaking work of Thomas Robert Malthus in 'Life and Writings of Thomas R. Malthus' by Charles R. Drysdale. This biography delves into the intellectual journey ...
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    20,98 €

  • Malthus and His Work (Cram Edition)
    James Bonar
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Malthus and his work pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Malthus and his Work' by James Bonar offers a comprehensive exploration of the life and intellectual contributions of Thomas Robert Malthus, the influential figure behind Malthusian population theory. Th...
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    27,99 €

  • What to Do?
    Isabel Florence Hapgood / Leo graf Tolstoy
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of What to Do? pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Leo Tolstoy’s 'Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow' offers a compelling glimpse into the social conditions of late 19th-century Moscow. Prompted by his participation in the Moscow census, Tolstoy reflects on t...
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    21,01 €

  • Social Welfare over the Life Course in Brunei Darussalam
    Aris Ananta / Chang-Yau Hoon / Siti Mazidah Mohamad
    'Social Welfare over the Life Course in Brunei Darussalam is a promising application of life course analysis to social change in Brunei. The research questions posed in this volume-the transition from high to low fertility, the welfare and health of the growingly elderly population and the emerging labour shortage-are of the utmost significance for policymakers and researchers ...
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    53,41 €

  • Below Replacement
    Nox Vale
    What if the greatest challenge facing modern civilization isn’t war, climate, or technology-but the quiet decision, repeated in millions of households, not to have children?In Below Replacement, Nox Vale delivers a sweeping, unflinching examination of global fertility collapse. From Seoul’s record-low 0.72 births per woman to Japan’s aging society, China’s engineered demographi...
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    16,54 €

  • Generation Z in a Digitally Native World
    Generation Z has emerged as a disruptive force, reshaping global politics, culture, activism, identity, and education through their deep digital fluency. Leveraging tools like social media, livestreams, memes, and even large language models, they challenge traditional political structures and elite dominance through digital activism and leaderless movements, often sparking inte...
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    208,41 €

  • Bias and Beyond
    The rapid expansion of data in every facet of modern life from research and education to public policy and private industry demands a critical re-examination of how data is collected, analyzed, interpreted, and used. Bias and Beyond: Rethinking Data Practices and Inspiring collective dialogue responds to this call by exploring how bias enters the data lifecycle and how inclusiv...
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    53,09 €

  • Gods of the Lost Civilization
    F.K. Sterling
    Gods of the Lost Civilization: The True Origins of Pacific Islander CultureAcross the vast Pacific, from the stone moai of Easter Island to the megalithic temples of Polynesia and the ancient voyaging traditions of Micronesia and Melanesia, lies evidence of a far older story than conventional history allows. F.K. Sterling explores the forgotten cradle of Pacific Islander civili...
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    23,62 €

  • A WORLD WITH EMPTY CRADLES
    Dr. Tanmay Das
    For generations, we were told the world was becoming dangerously overcrowded. But today, the numbers tell a very different story. A World with Empty Cradles explores the sharp fall in birthrates across East Asia, Europe, and many other parts of the world - and what happens when there are too few people to support economies, care for the elderly, maintain armies, and sustain ent...
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    34,98 €

  • Intergenerational Transmission of Youth Poverty and Unemployment
    Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
    Young people around the world are often treated as afterthoughts in policy and program interventions. As a result, this population cohort is trapped in a vicious cycle of underdevelopment, where challenges in education, health, poverty, unemployment, and housing undermine their potential to become active and responsible citizens. Youth face hostile labor markets, stagnant econo...
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    222,99 €

  • The Baby Boomers Changed Everything
    Sky Adler
    Born in the extraordinary population surge after the Second World War, the Baby Boomers became one of the most influential generations in modern history. Neither heroes nor villains, they were a vast and varied cohort whose lives unfolded at the centre of postwar reconstruction, suburban expansion, television, rock and roll, civil rights, Vietnam, feminism, environmentalism, co...
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    20,27 €

  • The Compendium of Synchronicity
    Archie Morris III
    This book is about a major expansion in contemporary society whereby human services have become the chief means of increasing productivity insociety. The acquisition of broader skills, particularly literacy and numeracy, makes the codification of theoretical knowledge and the relationship of science to technology as part of a larger and more inclusive pattern of theoretical kno...
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    16,23 €

  • An Essay on the Principle of Population (Cram Edition)
    T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of An Essay on the Principle of Population pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'An Essay on the Principle of Population' by Thomas Malthus is a foundational work in the fields of economics, demography, and social theory. Malthus explores the intricate relationship...
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    23,14 €

  • Master of Life and Death (Cram Edition)
    Robert Silverberg
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Master of Life and Death pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Robert Silverberg’s 'Master of Life and Death' explores a chilling vision of a future gripped by the crisis of overpopulation. In this dystopian science fiction novel, society is rigidly controlled, a...
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    23,19 €