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Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Feminist Technosciences)

Carole R. McCann

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Description:Figuring the Population Bomb traces the genealogy of twentieth-century demographic “facts” that created a mathematical panic about a looming population explosion. This narrative was popularized in the 1970s in Paul Ehrlich’s best-selling book The Population Bomb, which pathologized population growth in the Global South by presenting a doomsday scenario of widespread starvation resulting from that growth.Carole McCann uses an archive of foundational texts, disciplinary histories, participant reminiscences, and organizational records to reveal the gendered geopolitical grounds of the specialized mathematical culture, bureaucratic organization, and intertextual hierarchy that gave authority to the concept of population explosion. These demographic theories and measurement practices ignited the population “crisis” and moved nations to interfere in women’s reproductive lives. Figuring the Population Bomb concludes that mid-twentieth-century demographic figures remain authoritative to this day in framing the context of transnational feminist activism for reproductive justice.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Feminist Technosciences). To get started finding Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Feminist Technosciences), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 436

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Release: 2016

ISBN: 029599911X

Description: Figuring the Population Bomb traces the genealogy of twentieth-century demographic “facts” that created a mathematical panic about a looming population explosion. This narrative was popularized in the 1970s in Paul Ehrlich’s best-selling book The Population Bomb, which pathologized population growth in the Global South by presenting a doomsday scenario of widespread starvation resulting from that growth.Carole McCann uses an archive of foundational texts, disciplinary histories, participant reminiscences, and organizational records to reveal the gendered geopolitical grounds of the specialized mathematical culture, bureaucratic organization, and intertextual hierarchy that gave authority to the concept of population explosion. These demographic theories and measurement practices ignited the population “crisis” and moved nations to interfere in women’s reproductive lives. Figuring the Population Bomb concludes that mid-twentieth-century demographic figures remain authoritative to this day in framing the context of transnational feminist activism for reproductive justice.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Feminist Technosciences). To get started finding Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Feminist Technosciences), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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