Building the population bomb / Emily Klancher Merchant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merchant, Emily Klancher, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Overpopulation--History--20th century.

Overpopulation.

Overpopulation--Public opinion.

Population--Economic aspects--History--20th century.

Population.

Population--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.

Population policy--History.

Population policy.

Population--Economic aspects.

Population--Environmental aspects.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Building the Population Bomb' carefully examines how the rise of the world's human population came to be understood as problematic by scientists and governments across the globe. It challenges our assumption of population growth as inherently problematic by demonstrating how it is our anxieties over population growth - and not population growth itself - that have detracted from the pursuit of economic, environmental, and reproductive justice.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Quantity and Quality

2. Family Planning

3. Global Population

4. Population Consensus

5. Demography as Diplomacy

6. Detonating the Population Bomb.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Merchant, Emily Klancher. Building the Population Bomb.

ISBN:

0197558941

9780197558942

OCLC:

1235869540