Global Population History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth |
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| Author:
| Bashford, Alison |
| Series title: | Columbia Studies in International and Global History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-14766-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.95 |
Book Description:
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Global Population traces the idea of a world population problem as it evolved from the 1920s through the 1960s. The growth and distribution of the human population over the planet's surface came deeply to shape the characterization of "civilizations" with different standards of living. It forged the very ideas of development, demographically defined three worlds, and, for some, an aspirational "one world." Global Population ultimately shows how a geopolitical problem...
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Global Population traces the idea of a world population problem as it evolved from the 1920s through the 1960s. The growth and distribution of the human population over the planet's surface came deeply to shape the characterization of "civilizations" with different standards of living. It forged the very ideas of development, demographically defined three worlds, and, for some, an aspirational "one world." Global Population ultimately shows how a geopolitical problem about sovereignty over land morphed into a biopolitical solution.