Human Population Competition: A Study of the Pursuit of Power Through Numbers

Edwin Mellen Press Symposium Series

by Jack Parsons

Now safely retired from careers first in engineering and then in academic politics and philosophy, Parsons feels free to tackle one of the most tabooed aspects of populations studies. He also draws on sources academics might consider dubious in order to portray human aspirations, unguarded opinions, fears, obsessions, aggressions and other dimensions of reality. He covers the problem of population/resources/quality of life, competition in general, human population competition, the effectiveness of number-power in various arenas including the environment and war, and ethical and theoretical problems. The two volumes comprise a single study, paged and indexed as one. Double spaced. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

372 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1998