Problem of Great Importance: Population, Race, and Power in the British Empire, 1918-1973 Volume 7

by Karl Ittmann

This volume examines the significant role population science played in British colonial policy in the twentieth century as the imperial state attempted to control colonial populations using new agricultural and public health policies, private family planning initiatives, and by imposing limits over migration and settlement.

A Problem of Great Importance traces British imperial efforts to engage metropolitan activists who could improve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289544
• ISBN13: 9780520289543
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"