CRITICAL MASSES: AMERICAN POPULATIONISM, EUGENICS, AND WAR, 1945 TO 1975

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dc.contributor.advisorEagle, Jonna
dc.contributor.authorBarsocchini, Robert Joseph
dc.contributor.departmentAmerican Studies
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T17:46:29Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T17:46:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/63134
dc.subjectAmerican studies
dc.subjectEugenics
dc.subjectGenocide
dc.subjectKorean War
dc.subjectOverpopulation
dc.subjectSterilization
dc.subjectVietnam War
dc.titleCRITICAL MASSES: AMERICAN POPULATIONISM, EUGENICS, AND WAR, 1945 TO 1975
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.abstractThis thesis argues that American thinkers in the post-war period (1945 to 1975) who diagnosed global overpopulation made implicit suggestions that “population problems” could be addressed by raising death rates, such as through war. I illustrate that the fear of population growth, which became ubiquitous in the United States during this time, largely derives from eugenically influenced concerns over losing power relative to colonized people of color around the world, but that these concerns also predate eugenics. I then apply this lens to readings of the Korean and Vietnam wars, arguing that populationist thinking is evident in these campaigns and that its prevalence at this time likely intensified American violence and increased a focus on eliminating large numbers of people, including civilians.
dcterms.descriptionM.A. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2019
dcterms.extent122 pages
dcterms.languageeng
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoa
dcterms.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
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