ISBN:
9780231519526
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 466 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Series Statement:
Columbia studies in international and global history
DDC:
304.6
Keywords:
Bevölkerungswachstum
;
Population Social aspects
;
Population Economic aspects
;
Population History
;
Erde
Abstract:
This volume traces the idea of a world population problem as it evolved from the 1920s to the 1960s. Growth and distribution of the human population over the planet's surface came to shape deeply the characterisation of 'civilisations' with different standards of living. It forged the very ideas of development, demographically defined three worlds, and, for some, an aspirational 'one world'. Drawing on conference transcripts and personal & organisational archives, this book reconstructs the 20th century population problem in terms of migration, colonial expansion, globalisation, and world food plans.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7312/columbia/9780231147668.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.7312/columbia/9780231147668.001.0001
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