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050 00 $aHB871$b.R57 2012
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100 1 $aRobertson, Thomas,$d1967-
245 14 $aThe Malthusian moment :$bglobal population growth and the birth of American environmentalism /$cThomas Robertson.
260 $aNew Brunswick :$bRutgers University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axix, 291 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment
505 0 $aMalthusianism, 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-283) and index.
650 0 $aOverpopulation$xHistory.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism$zUnited States$xHistory.
830 0 $aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011028832-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011028832-d.html