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Contents Series Introduction 6 CHAPTER 1: The Effects of World War II 9 CHAPTER 2: Growing Populations, Recovering Economics 15 CHAPTER 3: Population Explosion? 23 CHAPTER 4: Environmental Concerns Increase, Environmentalism Advances 31 CHAPTER 5: To the Present and Beyond 45 Timeline 58 Further Research 60 Index 61 Photo Credits 63 About the Author and Advisor 64

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