The Malthusian Moment: Global Population Growth and the Birth of American Environmentalism

Contents

vii CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction. From Rubbish to Riots 1 1 Malthusianism, Eugenics, and Carrying Capacity in the Interwar Period 13 2 War and Nature: Fairfield Osborn, William Vogt, and the Birth of Global Ecology 36 3 Abundance in a Sea of Poverty: Quality and Quantity of Life 61 4 “Feed ’Em or Fight ’Em”: Population and Resources on the Global Frontier during the Cold War 85 5 The “Chinification” of American Cities, Suburbs, and Wilderness 104 6 Paul Ehrlich, the 1960s, and the Population Bomb 126 7 Strange Bedfellows: Population Politics, 1968–1970 152 8 We’re All in the Same Boat?!: The Disuniting of Spaceship Earth 176 9 Ronald Reagan, the New Right, and Population Growth 201 Conclusion. The Power and Pitfalls of Biology 221 Epilogue 230 Notes 233 Index 285 CONTENTS viii ...