the book "The Population Bomb"
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"The Population Bomb" is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that famously warned of imminent global overpopulation crises and helped spark widespread debate about population growth and environmental limits.
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book
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| author |
Paul R. Ehrlich
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizedFor |
advocacy of coercive population control
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alarmist tone → inaccurate predictions → underestimating technological change in agriculture → |
| genre |
environmental literature
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non-fiction → popular science → |
| hasCentralClaim |
unchecked population growth will outstrip food production and resources
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urgent action is needed to curb population growth → |
| hasPerspective |
neo-Malthusian
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| impactOn |
academic debates on population and resources
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environmental policy discourse → public awareness of population issues → |
| influenced |
debates on carrying capacity
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environmental movement → population control advocacy → public policy debates on population → |
| influencedBy |
Thomas Malthus
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neo-Malthusian ideas → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
birth control
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demography → environmental limits → environmentalism → family planning → famine → overpopulation → population growth → resource scarcity → |
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print
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| notableFor |
influencing environmental debate in the late 1960s and 1970s
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popularizing concerns about population growth → sparking controversy over population control policies → warning of imminent global overpopulation crises → |
| proposes |
government intervention in fertility rates
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strong population control measures → |
| publicationYear |
1968
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| publisher |
Ballantine Books
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| relatedWork |
Malthusian theory of population
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The Limits to Growth → |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
late 20th century
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| warnsAbout |
ecological collapse
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mass starvation → resource depletion → |
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The Population Explosion
("The Population Bomb")
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follows |
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Paul R. Ehrlich
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Paul R. Ehrlich
(""The Population Bomb"")
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The Population Explosion
("The Population Bomb")
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relatedWork |