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By John Cairns. 257 pp. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1997. $29.95. ISBN 0-691-02872-9.

Human mortality is a subject we are all very much concerned about, but most people are loath to talk, read, or write about it. Until now, the chief causes of death have been natural calamities, nutritional insufficiency, disease, and national conflicts. However, as Cairns points out in the final chapter of this book, in the future the pressures of social factors, economic disparities, and climatic changes — all induced by increasing industrialization and the inherent selfishness of many influential sectors of society — pose a threat far greater than the "natural" disasters of the past.

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