This chapter explores the recurrence of famine in India, China, and the Soviet Union, and discusses the belief in the 1950s that overpopulation was the cause. It highlights the arguments made in books published in the 1960s that linked overpopulation to resource depletion and famine, and challenges the effectiveness of Malthusian solutions.
Featuring Jo Guldi on the global history of the long land war—a war over everything from agrarian reform to tenant rights, from India and China to England and Ireland, from the late 19th century through the present—and into the future.
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