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The State and the Stork
Derek S. Hoff
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Description for The State and the Stork
Hardcover. From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's almost uninterrupted population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. This title explains the ways that population ideas and anxieties have provoked a wide range of policies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's almost uninterrupted population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. In a remarkable shift since the 1970s, Americans have celebrated the economic virtues of population growth - but as one of the only wealthy countries experiencing significant growth in the twenty-first century, the United States now finds itself at a crossroads with policymakers unwilling or unable to address the future. From the founders' fears that crowded cities would produce corruption, luxury, and vice to the ... Read more
From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's almost uninterrupted population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. In a remarkable shift since the 1970s, Americans have celebrated the economic virtues of population growth - but as one of the only wealthy countries experiencing significant growth in the twenty-first century, the United States now finds itself at a crossroads with policymakers unwilling or unable to address the future. From the founders' fears that crowded cities would produce corruption, luxury, and vice to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226347622
SKU
V9780226347622
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About Derek S. Hoff
Derek S. Hoff is associate professor of history at Kansas State University.
Reviews for The State and the Stork
"Derek S. Hoff has taken an important, complicated topic and traced it over the whole of American history. The research on display here is striking in its breadth and depth, Hoff's insights are penetrating, and his interpretation is original. The State and the Stork is a solid piece of scholarship." (Robert Collins, University of Missouri)"