Environmental Button

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Object Details

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Zero Population Growth

Description

Produced by the group Zero Population Growth, this button highlights anxiety created by the continued growth of the world’s population, first remarked upon by Englishman Thomas Malthus in his 1798 work, An Essay on the Principle of Population. Paul R. Ehrlich’s bestselling book The Population Bomb, published in 1968, renewed interest in the topic by raising concerns about the potential risks of overpopulation.

Location

Currently not on view

ID Number

2003.0014.0137

accession number

2003.0014

catalog number

2003.0014.0137

Object Name

button

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .33 cm x 6.3 cm; x 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in

Place Made

United States: California, Los Altos

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Environmental Movement

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9363-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1284238