Malthusianism, eugenics, and carrying capacity in the interwar
period
War and nature: Fairfield Osborn, William Vogt, and the birth of
global ecology
Abundance in a sea of poverty : quality and quantity of life
"Feed 'em or fight 'em: population and resources on the global
frontier during the Cold War
The "Chinification" of American cities, suburbs, and wilderness
Paul Ehrlich, the 1960s, and the population bomb
Strange bedfellows: population politics, 1968-1970
We're all in the same boat!?: The disuniting of spaceship earth
Ronald Reagan, the new right, and population growth
THOMAS ROBERTSON is an assistant professor in the department of humanities and arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he teaches U.S., global, and environmental history.
“Whatever happened to overpopulation? Thomas Robertson’s thorough,
lively, and superbly historicized account helps us think through
this most pressing question."
*Environmental History*
"An excellent synthesis. The real strength of Robertson's work is
his consideration of the dynamism and complexity of attitudes
toward overpopulation. Writing a historical synthesis is never
easy, but good environmental history demands it. Robertson has
pulled the task off in spades."
*Journal of American History*
"Skillfully weaving together heightened concerns over rampant
consumerism, accelerating population growth and environmental
degradation, and their impact on American foreign policy, The
Malthusian Moment is very likely to become obligatory reading
for those interested in the tumultuous decades of the Vietnam
era."
*Rutgers University*
"This volume traces how the sociopolitically-based environmental
movement of the post-WW II era embraced the siren calls of
biologists warning of the global impact of overpopulation.
Recommended."
*Choice*
"The Malthusian Moment is a valuable book that brings environmental
history in touch with diplomatic and international history, helping
to fill a gap in our understanding of the rise and fall of
population politics."
*University of New Hampshire*
"Robertson explores complex linkages among global population
growth, the politics of population, food and hunger, and American
environmental anxiety in the 20th century. His is the clearest,
most incisive study of American thinking on population from
1945-75, the height of Malthusian fears in intellectual and
official circles."
*Georgetown University*
"The great strength of this volume is the way the author teases out
how ecological models and biological thinking shaped the population
discussion in the 1960s, and how Ehrlich in particular rethought
his formulations in light of the nuances of political matters, and
re-emphasized his critiques to be more sensitive to his
audience."
*Canadian Studies in Population*
“Whatever happened to overpopulation? Thomas Robertson’s thorough,
lively, and superbly historicized account helps us think through
this most pressing question."
*Environmental History*
"An excellent synthesis. The real strength of Robertson's work is
his consideration of the dynamism and complexity of attitudes
toward overpopulation. Writing a historical synthesis is never
easy, but good environmental history demands it. Robertson has
pulled the task off in spades."
*Journal of American History*
"Skillfully weaving together heightened concerns over rampant
consumerism, accelerating population growth and environmental
degradation, and their impact on American foreign policy, The
Malthusian Moment is very likely to become obligatory reading
for those interested in the tumultuous decades of the Vietnam
era."
*Rutgers University*
"This volume traces how the sociopolitically-based environmental
movement of the post-WW II era embraced the siren calls of
biologists warning of the global impact of overpopulation.
Recommended."
*Choice*
"The Malthusian Moment is a valuable book that brings environmental
history in touch with diplomatic and international history, helping
to fill a gap in our understanding of the rise and fall of
population politics."
*University of New Hampshire*
"Robertson explores complex linkages among global population
growth, the politics of population, food and hunger, and American
environmental anxiety in the 20th century. His is the clearest,
most incisive study of American thinking on population from
1945-75, the height of Malthusian fears in intellectual and
official circles."
*Georgetown University*
"The great strength of this volume is the way the author teases out
how ecological models and biological thinking shaped the population
discussion in the 1960s, and how Ehrlich in particular rethought
his formulations in light of the nuances of political matters, and
re-emphasized his critiques to be more sensitive to his
audience."
*Canadian Studies in Population*
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