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Author McCann, Carole R. (Carole Ruth), 1955- author.

Title Figuring the population bomb : gender and demography in the mid-twentieth century / Carole R. McCann
Edition First edition
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Feminist technosciences
Feminist technosciences.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 7, 2016)
Subject Population.
Population policy.
Population -- Social aspects
Birth control -- History -- 20th century
Birth control -- Political aspects
Public Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Population -- Social aspects
Birth control
Birth control -- Political aspects
Population
Population policy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780295999111
029599911X