Nature Against Us: The United States and the World Population Crisis, 1965-1980

Nature Against Us: The United States and the World Population Crisis, 1965-1980

by Peter J. Donaldson
Nature Against Us: The United States and the World Population Crisis, 1965-1980

Nature Against Us: The United States and the World Population Crisis, 1965-1980

by Peter J. Donaldson

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Overview

Donaldson studies how and why the United States contributed to the increase in contraceptive use from 1965 to 1980 by promoting family planning throughout the developing world. He argues that the people and institutions they supported overseas started a contraceptive revolution that has dramatically reduced birthrates in developing countries.

Originally published in 1990.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807865316
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 01/01/1992
Edition description: 1
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)
Lexile: 1560L (what's this?)

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Using data from personal interviews with key actors, archival material, and even documents clandestinely delivered to him, Donaldson shows us how and why the United States became involved in the fertility decisions of individual couples in distant countries. This superb volume is must reading for population specialists, historians, sociologists, policy makers, and anyone curious about why America has such a difficult time doing good internationally.—Ronald R. Rindfuss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



Tells the story of how the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) became a missionary for family planning around the world and considers what difference the agency has made.—International Family Planning Perspectives

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