{"product_id":"problem-of-great-importance-7-karl-ittmann-9780520289543","title":"Problem of Great Importance: Population, Race, and Power in the British Empire, 1918-1973 Volume 7","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Problem of Great Importance\u003c\/i\u003e traces British imperial efforts to engage metropolitan activists who could improve its knowledge of colonial demography and design programs to influence colonial population trends. While imperial population control failed to achieve its goals, British institutions and experts would be central to the development of postcolonial population programs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Researchers, scholars, and historians of British history will gain greater perspective into the effects of demography on imperial governance and colonial and postcolonial British views of their place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Ittmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520289544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520289543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Karl Ittmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056221974783,"sku":"9780520289543","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1400df61-ab60-48c3-b754-4876c551916e.jpg?v=1685040170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/problem-of-great-importance-7-karl-ittmann-9780520289543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}