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Informationen zum Autor KATHLEEN A. TOBIN is Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at Purdue University. She is the author of The Religious Debate over Birth Control (2001). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsContentsCONTENTSIntroduction ix1.RESOURCES1.1Rev. T. R. Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population 21.2William Godwin, Of Population 41.3David Booth, A Letter to the Rev. T. R. Malthus 61.4Friedrich Engels, "Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy" 71.5Achille Loria, Contemporary Social Problems: A Course of Lectures 81.6William Graham Sumner and Albert Galloway Keller, The Science of Society 101.7Warren S. Thompson, "Population Pressure in Japan" 111.8Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb 121.9Tadd Fisher, Our Overcrowded World 131.10Alan Thein Durning, "The Conundrum of Consumption" 141.11Timothy E. Wirth, "The Human Factor" 152.ECONOMICS2.1Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal 182.2Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations 192.3Thomas Chalmers, On Political Economy 202.4William Cobbett, Surplus Population 212.5Karl Marx, Wage Labor and Capital 242.6J. M. Robertson, M.P., The Economics of Progress 252.7Dr. Martha Ruben-Wolf, "Birth Control in Soviet Russia" 262.8John Maynard Keynes, "Some Economic Consequences of a Declining Population" 272.9John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society 282.10"Declaration of Population Strategy for Development" 293.EUGENICS3.1Montague Crackanthorpe, Population and Progress 343.2C. V. Drysdale, The Small Family System 353.3Charles H. Clark, M.D. "Prevention of Racial Deterioration and Degeneracy" 363.4Alexander Graham Bell, "Is Race Suicide Possible?" 373.5Edward Byron Reuter, Population Problems 383.6Aldous Huxley, "What Is Happening to Our Population?" 393.7Richard Lynn, Eugenics: A Reassessment 404.RACE4.1H. G. Ward, Mexico 434.2Herbert Spencer, "A Theory of Population deduced from the General Law of Animal Fertility" 454.3Charles Darwin, "The Races of Man" 464.4Francis Galton, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development 484.5James Bonar, Malthus and His Work 494.6Arthur Newsholme, M.D., The Declining Birth-Rate 514.7Madison Grant, The Passing of the Great Race 524.8Robert J. Sprague, "Constructive Aspect of Birth Control" 534.9Edward M. East, Mankind at the ...
