Population control is history: New perspectives on the international campaign to limit population growth

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-147

  Connelly, Matthew ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION POLICY;

EID: 0037262084     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417503000069     Document Type: Article

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