From underdevelopment to affluence

"The first chapter of the book is devoted to an analysis of the crucial problem of overpopulation, often referred to in common parlance as "the population explosion." The views of a Western scholar are confronted with those of Soviet social scientists who, interestingly enough, are not in complete agreement on the issue. Chapter II consists of representative (and somewhat divergent) Western endeavors to outline the laborious path from underdevelopment to affluence. Chapters III and IV reflect respectively the official Soviet and Chinese views on the subject." - Preface