The Rise and Decline of Indias Population Problem in the Twentieth Century

Auteur
Rahul Nair is the Visiting Assistant Professor of World History at Antioch College

Résumé

This book examines the historical and discursive construction of India's 'population problem' through the shared concerns of British colonial officials and Indians regarding the high birth and death rates, maternal health, food supply, the quality of India's population, and conceptions of development that incorporated economic planning and a scientific modernity.

Contenu

1. Colonial Ambiguity and Ambivalence: Public Health Officials and Population Anxiety 2. The Colonized Progeny of Malthus: Indian Academic Debates in the inter-war Period 3. Convergences and Contradictions: The Population Control Movement in India 4. The Birth of Planning and the Planning of Birth: Development Planning and Population Policy Epilogue: From Disaster to Dividend: The Curious Life of Demographic Discourse in India