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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- MALTHUS AND THE RISE OF NEO-MALTHUSIANISM -- FRANCIS PLACE AND THE "DIABOLICAL HAND BILLS -- THE LIFE AND WORK OF KNOWLTON AND HIS FRUITS OF PHILOSOPHY -- THE BRADLAUGH-BESANT TRIAL 1877-1878 -- CHARLES BRADLAUGH, 1833-1891 -- ANNIE WOOD BESANT, 1847-1933 -- THE TRIAL -- THE TRIAL AND THE ENGLISH PRESS -- THE IMPACT OF THE TRIAL ON THE BRITISH BIRTH RATE -- THE MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE (1877-1927) -- THE WRITINGS OF ANNIE BESANT -- The Law of Population -- RECANTATION AND THEOSOPHY AND THE LAW OF POPULATION -- APPENDIX: NOTES ON INDIVIDUALS AND TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- THE TEXTS -- Fruits of Philosophy: An Essay on the Population Question BY CHARLES KNOWLTON -- The Law of Population: Its Consequences, and Its Bearing upon Human Conduct and Morals BY ANNIE BESANT -- Theosophy and the Law of Population BY ANNIE BESANT -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS

First published in 1972, this reissue deals with the crucial issue of population explosion, one of the most crucial problems facing the contemporary developing world. Written by a world-renowned demographer and family planning specialist, the book deals specifically with the Indian experience.Reviewing population change in India over the last century, Professor Chandrasekhar focuses on three key issues: the socioeconomic repercussions of reduced infant mortality in twentieth-century India; the rapid population growth from 1871 and its implications on India's efforts to raise her standard of li