Facing The Future: People and the Planet
A Brief History of World Population
"History, first and foremost, was the discovery of how to achieve power over both nature and people..."
Lewis Mumford, "The City in History"
Introduction
Early History
Impacts of Growth
Setbacks
The Age of European Expansion
The Industrial Revolution and the Age of Science
The Modern Era
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Questions
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