Fatal Misconception is the disturbing story of our quest to remake humanity by policing
national borders and breeding better people. As the population of the world doubled once …

1. John Maynard Keynes, notes for a speech at Malthusian league anniversary dinner, July
26, 1927, JMK/PS/3/115, the Papers of John Maynard Keynes, King's College, Cambridge …

The idea of the earth as a vessel in space came of age in an era shaped by space travel and
the Cold War. Höhler's study brings together technology, science and ecology to explore the …

As China continues its rapid ascent within the international system, questions of where it
came from have particular relevance. Combining history with international relations theory …

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international
historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional …

In Street Archives and City Life Emily Callaci maps a new terrain of political and cultural
production in mid-to late twentieth-century Tanzanian urban landscapes. While the …

This essay examines the entanglement between population science and population
governance immediately after World War II. It analyzes debates on population and birth …

Birth control holds an unusual place in the history of medicine. Largely devoid of doctors or
hospitals, only relatively recently have birth control histories included tales of laboratory …

This article examines the concepts 'environment'and 'expertise'. It is argued that these
concepts, while having long and diverse individual histories, acquired new meaning through …

Enormous growth of the world population during the last two centuries and its present
slowing down pose questions about precedents in history and broader forces shaping the …