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The Resource Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl

Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl

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"Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia, affecting Georgia, Eastern Europe, and cities in the U.S. where there are significant immigrant populations. The world, therefore, is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 314 pages)
Contents
  • Part I. "Everyone has boys now"
  • ch. 1. The demographer
  • ch. 2. The parent
  • ch. 3. The economist
  • ch. 4. The doctor
  • ch. 5. The imperialist
  • Part II. Great idea
  • ch. 6. The student
  • ch. 7. The doomsayer
  • ch. 8. The geneticist
  • ch. 9. The general
  • ch. 10. The feminist
  • Part III. The womanless world
  • ch. 11. The bride
  • ch. 12. The prostitute
  • ch. 13. The bachelor
  • ch. 14. The world
  • ch. 15. The baby
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Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men
Title
Unnatural selection
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choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men
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Mara Hvistendahl
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia, affecting Georgia, Eastern Europe, and cities in the U.S. where there are significant immigrant populations. The world, therefore, is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them"--
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Awards note
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist, 2012.
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Hvistendahl, Mara
Dewey number
304.6/60951
Index
index present
LC call number
HB1064.A3
LC item number
H87 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Demographic transition
  • Sex determination, Genetic
  • Birth control
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Sex of children, Parental preferences for
  • Sex distribution (Demography)
  • Birth control
  • Demographic transition
  • Sex determination, Genetic
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Sex distribution (Demography)
  • Sex of children, Parental preferences for
  • China
  • Demographie
  • Geschlechtsverhältnis
  • Schwangerschaftsabbruch
  • Strafrecht
  • Mädchen
  • China
  • Birth control
  • Sex discrimination
  • POPULATION TRENDS
  • POPULATION DYNAMICS
  • DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
  • SEX DISTRIBUTION
  • BIRTH CONTROL
  • REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
  • GENDER DISCRIMINATION
  • CHINA
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Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. "Everyone has boys now" -- ch. 1. The demographer -- ch. 2. The parent -- ch. 3. The economist -- ch. 4. The doctor -- ch. 5. The imperialist -- Part II. Great idea -- ch. 6. The student -- ch. 7. The doomsayer -- ch. 8. The geneticist -- ch. 9. The general -- ch. 10. The feminist -- Part III. The womanless world -- ch. 11. The bride -- ch. 12. The prostitute -- ch. 13. The bachelor -- ch. 14. The world -- ch. 15. The baby
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 314 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
3639757
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)730914424
Label
Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, Mara Hvistendahl
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. "Everyone has boys now" -- ch. 1. The demographer -- ch. 2. The parent -- ch. 3. The economist -- ch. 4. The doctor -- ch. 5. The imperialist -- Part II. Great idea -- ch. 6. The student -- ch. 7. The doomsayer -- ch. 8. The geneticist -- ch. 9. The general -- ch. 10. The feminist -- Part III. The womanless world -- ch. 11. The bride -- ch. 12. The prostitute -- ch. 13. The bachelor -- ch. 14. The world -- ch. 15. The baby
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 314 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
3639757
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)730914424

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