The Malthusian moment : global population growth and the birth of American environmentalism
Thomas Robertson
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2012
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| Authors: | Robertson, Thomas |
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New Brunswick [u.a.] : Rutgers Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Umweltbewusstsein | Environmental consciousness | Soziale Bewegung | Social movement | Bevölkerungswachstum | Population growth | Bevölkerungspolitik | Population policy | Geschichte | History | USA | United States | Weltbevölkerung | Übervölkerung | Beschränkung | Malthusianismus | Umweltschutz | Geschichte 1920-1980 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [bvbr.bib-bvb.de] |
| Extent: | XIX, 291 S. Ill. 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-283) and index Malthusianism, eugenics, and carrying capacity in the interwar period -- War and nature: Fairfield Osborn, William Vogt, and the birth of global ecology -- Abundance in a sea of poverty : quality and quantity of life -- "Feed 'em or fight 'em: population and resources on the global frontier during the Cold War -- The "Chinification" of American cities, suburbs, and wilderness -- Paul Ehrlich, the 1960s, and the population bomb -- Strange bedfellows: population politics, 1968-1970 -- We're all in the same boat!?: The disuniting of spaceship earth -- Ronald Reagan, the new right, and population growth. Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0-8135-5271-0 ; 0-8135-5272-9 ; 0-8135-5335-0 ; 978-0-8135-5271-2 ; 978-0-8135-5272-9 ; 978-0-8135-5335-1 |
| Classification: | Nordamerika ; Demographie |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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