Critical Masses: American Populationism, Eugenics, And War, 1945 To 1975

dc.contributor.advisor	Eagle, Jonna
dc.contributor.author	Barsocchini, Robert Joseph
dc.contributor.department	American Studies
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-02T17:46:29Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-02T17:46:29Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	This 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.
dc.description.degree	M.A.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63134
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subject	American studies
dc.subject	Eugenics
dc.title	Critical Masses: American Populationism, Eugenics, And War, 1945 To 1975
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.dcmi	Text
dcterms.description	M.A. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2019
local.identifier.alturi	http://dissertations.umi.com/hawii:10281

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