Unnatural selection : choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781586488505, 1586488503
Physical Desc
xix, 314 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781586488505, 1586488503
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hvistendahl, M. (2011). Unnatural selection: choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men (First edition.). PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hvistendahl, Mara. 2011. Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men. PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hvistendahl, Mara. Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men PublicAffairs, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hvistendahl, Mara. Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men First edition., PublicAffairs, 2011.
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