The Population Bomb Is Published
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1968
Article abstract: In his book, The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich emerged as the central leader of the population control and reduction movement.
Summary of Event
In the mid-1960’s, several nations had experienced rapid"almost runaway"population growth. India’s population exceeded 442 million in 1960, while China’s population rose from 657 million in 1960 to 830 million in 1970. Such rates portended that China’s population alone would be more than 1 billion by the year 2000; carrying such logic even further led to the conclusion that the earth...
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