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" The Malthusian moment : "
Thomas Robertson
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659885
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| Main Entry
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Robertson, Thomas,1967-
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The Malthusian moment : : global population growth and the birth of American environmentalism /\ Thomas Robertson
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| Series Statement
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
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xix, 291 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9780813552712
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: 0813552710
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: 9780813552729
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: 0813552729
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: 9780813553351
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: 0813553350
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-283) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Overpopulation-- History
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Environmentalism-- United States-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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363.9/1
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HB871.R57 2012
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