Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe: Fascist Dictatorships and Liberal Democracies

by Maria-Sophia Quine

Overview

Maria Sophia Quine demystifies the population policies of fascist regimes by looking at them in the wider context of how societies in general reacted to the profound economic changes brought by industrialization. Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe:
* provides an original, comparative treatment of European population policies
* gives the historical background to twentieth-century population policies
* considers topics such as racism and sexism in Nazi ideology, Eugenics in England, family allowance schemes in France, and sterilization
* synthesizes the latest research in different fields and countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134894215
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2013
Series:	Historical Connections
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Maria Sophia Quine

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 From Malthus to Mussolini; Chapter 2 Fathers of the nation; Chapter 3 Nazi population policy; Chapter 4 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

‘... a useful compendium of information about the personalities, organizations, and ideology of European pronatalism, and its English language bibliographies will be useful starting places for students undertaking historical research in this field.' - David L. Sills, Social Science Research Council, New York

'An illuminating introduction to a crucial, and still unresolved, set of historical issues.' - Paul Weindling, English Historical Review, November 1997

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