Indian and American Demography, Expertise, and the Family Planning Consensus: 1930-1970

Indian population policy in the twentieth century was shaped by a blend of unique Indian concerns about population growth, legacies of British colonialism, and American foreign aid. This blend of influences resulted in the first national family planning program in the world.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Department dc:contributor.department

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Bolin, Nicholas John

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Heaton, Matthew M.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Schneider, Helen M.
• Winling, LaDale C.

• demography
• population control
• India
• population policy
• population studies
• birth control
• foreign aid

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:21465

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/95816