6. “Second Sight” and “Fictitious Accuracy to the Numbers”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. 1. Matters of Vital Importance: Demography and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Population Imaginary 1
7. 2. Rereading Malthus: Population and Masculine Modernity 23
8. 3. Narratives of Exclusion, Mechanisms of Inclusion: Demographic Boundary Work 43
9. 4. Remaking Malthusian Couplings for the Contraceptive Age 79
10. 5. Demographic Transitions and Modern Masculinities 119
11. 6. “Second Sight” and “Fictitious Accuracy to the Numbers” 156
12. Conclusion: Demographic Convictions and Sound Knowledge 199
13. Notes 219
14. References 281
15. Index 299