Title: Population in perspective,
Authors: Young, Louise B.,
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Population.; Population Control; Population Growth
Contents: Part I: Biological factors -- The Malthusian laws -- Essay on the principle of population / Thomas R. Malthus -- Death and death control -- Role of war, famine, and disease in controlling population / Marston Bates -- Increase in life expectancy due to modern medicine / Harrison Brown -- Food and fertility -- The conflict between creeds and needs / Karl Sax -- The dangerous doctor / William Vogt -- Malthus and the conscience of mankind / Ritchie Calder -- Fertile is the bed of misery / Josue de Castro -- Comments on the De Castro theory / Karl Sax -- Starvation and fertility / Marston Bates -- Birth control -- Beginning of the birth control movement / James Alfred Field -- Beginning of the movement in the United States / Marston Bates -- My fight for birth control / Margaret Sanger -- The pill / John Rock.