{"product_id":"the-malthusian-moment-global-population-growth-and-the-birth-of-american-environmentalism-9780813552729","title":"The Malthusian Moment: Global Population Growth and the Birth of American Environmentalism","description":"Although Rachel Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e (1962) is often cited as the founding text of the U.S. environmental movement, in \u003ci\u003eThe Malthusian Moment\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Robertson locates the origins of modern American environmentalism in twentieth-century adaptations of Thomas Malthus's concerns about population growth. For many environmentalists, managing population growth became the key to unlocking the most intractable problems facing Americans after World War II-everything from war and the spread of communism overseas to poverty, race riots, and suburban sprawl at home. \u003cp\u003eWeaving together the international and the domestic in creative new ways, \u003ci\u003eThe Malthusian Moment\u003c\/i\u003e charts the explosion of Malthusian thinking in the United States from World War I to Earth Day 1970, then traces the just-as-surprising decline in concern beginning in the mid-1970s. In addition to offering an unconventional look at World War II and the Cold War through a balanced study of the environmental movement's most contentious theory, the book sheds new light on some of the big stories of postwar American life: the rise of consumption, the growth of the federal government, urban and suburban problems, the civil rights and women's movements, the role of scientists in a democracy, new attitudes about sex and sexuality, and the emergence of the \"New Right.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813552729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOMAS ROBERTSON is an assistant professor in the department of humanities and arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he teaches U.S., global, and environmental history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40191897829491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_002852df-ca0c-4c22-9cb8-3fc3a3a87b47.jpg?v=1655906769","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-malthusian-moment-global-population-growth-and-the-birth-of-american-environmentalism-9780813552729","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}