Book Review: WRITING ACROSS WORLDS. LITERATURE AND MIGRATION edited by R. King, J. Connell and P. White. Routledge, London, 1995. No. of pages: xvii+284. Price: £45.00 (hardback), £14.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 415 10529 3, 0 415 10530 7.
✍ Scribed by Halfacree, Keith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 22 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1077-3495
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✦ Synopsis
in truly grasping the concepts being presented.
Perhaps a more serious shortcoming is in the chapter on population and resources. Although non-Malthusian arguments are presented, the authors have not had the courage to engage in the whole Julian Simon-Paul Ehrlich debate. The latter is mentioned but not the former and, irrespective of one's views, surely students, even at the introductory level, should be exposed to such a vigorous debate. The opposing views provide a useful entry point into the compelx but nevertheless essential elements of the whole relationship between population and resources. The idea of scarcity is never adequately introduced.
Finally, I was distressed to see that students would be misled into believing (on page 18) that the Amerindian population on the American 'mainland' declined by a mere 2.5 million in the 16th century.