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The Population Bomb

by Paul R. Ehrlich · 1968

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Prologue

Foreword

The problem

The ends of the road

What is being done

What needs to be done

What can you do?

What if I'm wrong?

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Appendix

Footnotes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
environmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 223 pages

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