The Return of Malthus Environmentalism and Post-war Population-Resource Crises

The Return of Malthus is the first comprehensive analysis of the post-war fear of scarcity. Linnér traces the development of an international discourse of crisis through the influence of such thinkers as William Vogt, Fairfield Osborn and Georg Börgström, labelled 'neo-Malthusians' for...

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Other Authors: Linnér, Björn-Ola (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: The White Horse Press 2023
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