Politics and Population Control: A Documentary History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313322792)

What is population history about? It's about birth rates, migration, and economies. It's about families, women, and babies. It is about agricultural production, military conflict, colonies, and race. In short, population history is the human story. This book shows that population issues--numbers of people, how to feed them, their employment, racial makeup, intelligence, health, sexual behavior, and reproduction--have concerned authorities for centuries. The primary documents in this volume illustrate those concerns from the mid-18th century to the present. Provided is background information on each document and coverage of a variety of population perspectives.

All of the concerns illustrated in this volume have helped to mold population policy. From the threat of a population explosion, familiar to those growing up in the 1960s, to birth control, women's rights, and lawmakers' desires to address social ills, this book covers a wide spectrum of issues. Included is a variety of documents, such as treatises, essays, speeches, articles, and passages from books. Tobin's introductory commentary provides a framework for the documents, pointing to their intent and significance. This is the only comprehensive source of documents on population, making it a valuable resource for both professional and armchair historians.

Author: Kathleen a. Tobin
ISBN-10: 0313322791
ISBN-13: 9780313322792
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 171
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 10.36h x 7.18w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 356