Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-253) and index.
Contents
Politics and paradigms : the origins of Malthusian theory -- Ireland : the "promised land" of Malthusian theory? -- Malthusian transformations : from eugenics to environmentalism -- Malthusianism, demography and the cold war -- The life and death of land reform -- False premises, false promises : Malthusianism and the green revolution -- The technology of non-revolutionary change and the demise of peasant agriculture -- Malthusianism after the cold war : the struggle continues.
