Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century
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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, participan...
Carole McCann uses an archive of foundational texts, disciplinary histories, participan...


