Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

by Mara Hvistendahl

Book Overview

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

A Slate Best Book of 2011

A Discover Magazine Best Book of 2011

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610391519
• ISBN13: 9781610391511
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"