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00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page i a s h e a r w a t e r b o o k 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page ii 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page iii One Nineveh with 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page iv 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page v Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich One with Nineveh Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future Island Press / shearwater books Washington • Covelo • London 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page vi A Shearwater Book Published by Island Press Copyright © 2004 Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, Suite 300, 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009. shearwater booksis a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data. Ehrlich, Paul R. One with Nineveh : politics, consumption, and the human future / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn1-55963-879-6 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Sustainable development. 2. Consumption (Economics) 3. Overpopulation. 4. Social justice. I. Ehrlich, Anne H. II. Title hc79.e5e354 2004 338.9'27—dc22 2003024789 British Cataloguing-in-Publication data available. Printed on recycled, acid-free paper Design by David Bullen Manufactured in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page vii For Luke, Lena, Travis, Lucy, Anton, Jack, Anna, Matthew, Tor, Henry, and their generation— in the hope the big black coal will be on its way out when they can read this. And to Loy Bilderback, friend and intellectual companion to us for half a century. 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page viii 00.NINEVEH(i-xii,1-16).qxd 2/6/04 10:07 AM Page ix Contents 3 Introduction:Hostages to Hubris 17 Chapter 1.The Human Predicament 45 Chapter 2.The Costs of Success 76 Chapter 3.The Tide of Population 112 Chapter 4.The Consumption Factor 138 Chapter 5.Technology Matters 181 Chapter 6.Billions, Birthrates, and Policies 206 Chapter 7.Consuming Less 237 Chapter 8.A Culture Out of Step 264 Chapter 9.Human Behavior at the Millennium 288 Chapter 10.Sustainable Governance in America 318 Chapter 11.Healing a World of Wounds 335 Notes 391 References 429 Acknowledgments 433 Index
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