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'Beyond the facts': how a U.S. sociologist made John Stuart Mill into a 'Neo‐Malthusian'.
- Source :
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Historical Research . Nov2018, Vol. 91 Issue 254, p772-790. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article explores the roots of the characterization of John Stuart Mill as a 'Neo‐Malthusian'. Making extensive use of the Norman E. Himes Papers, held at the Countway Library of Medicine, it shows that Himes, a U.S. sociologist and committed birth control campaigner in the inter‐war period, framed a characterization of Mill that endures to this day. The article demonstrates how and why Himes repeatedly took his arguments 'beyond the facts', partly in response to a dispute with the British birth control campaigner Marie Stopes, and established the practice of referring to Mill as a 'Neo‐Malthusian'. The article concludes by arguing that the term impedes more than it aids our understanding and Mill scholars would benefit from stripping away decades of accreted interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTERWAR Period (1918-1939)
*SOCIOLOGISTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09503471
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 254
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Historical Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132547162
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12246