Global Population: History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth

by Alison Bashford

Book Overview

Concern about the size of the world's population did not begin with the "population bomb" in 1968. It arose in the aftermath of World War I and was understood as an issue with far-reaching ecological, agricultural, economic, and geopolitical consequences. The world population problem concerned the fertility of soil as much as the fertility of women, always involving both "earth" and "life."

Global Population traces the idea of a world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231147678
• ISBN13: 9780231147675
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"