This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "population" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources fr

This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "population" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources fr

“An intellectual feast, learned, lucid, challenging and accessible.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Ideas crackle” in this triumphant final book of Tony Ju

'Building the Population Bomb' carefully examines how the rise of the world's human population came to be understood as problematic by scientists and government

Demographic study and the idea of a “population” was developed and modified over the course of the twentieth century, mirroring the political, social, and c