The Malthus factor : population, poverty, and politics in capitalist development / Eric B. Ross.

Author/creator Ross, Eric B.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Description264 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Politics and paradigms: the origins of Malthusian theory -- Ireland: the "promised land" of Malthusian theory? -- Malthusian transformations: from eugenics to environmentalism -- Malthusianism, demography and the cold war -- The life and death of land reform -- False premises, false promises: Malthusianism and the green revolution -- The technology of non-revolutionary change and the demise of peasant agriculture -- Malthusianism after the cold war: the struggle continues.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [224]-253) and index.
LCCN 98029913
ISBN1856495639
ISBN1856495647 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HB863 .R67 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold