Figuring the population bomb : gender and demography in the mid-twentieth century /

McCann, Carole R. 1955-

Figuring the population bomb : gender and demography in the mid-twentieth century / Carole R. McCann. - First edition. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Feminist technosciences .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments -- Matters of vital importance : demography and the mid-twentieth-century population imaginary -- Rereading Malthus : population and masculine modernity -- Narratives of exclusion, mechanisms of inclusion : demographic boundary work -- Remaking Malthusian couplings for the contraceptive age -- Demographic transitions and modern masculinities -- "Second sight" and "fictitious accuracy to the numbers" -- Conclusion: demographic convictions and sound knowledge -- Notes -- References -- Index.



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Population.
Population policy.
Population--Social aspects.
Birth control--History--20th century.
Birth control--Political aspects.


Electronic Books.

HB851 / .F548 2016