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Malthusianism [mal′thü·zhə‚niz·əm] (biology) The theory that population increases more rapidly than the food supply unless held in check by epidemics, wars, or similar phenomena. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ever since, biologists have been entranced by the idea that if Malthusianism can explain the operation of the natural world, it should also explain human societies. 21) A new reading of the French demographic singularities, in particular the precocious diffusion of Malthusianism, is also necessary. They transmuted the old punitive Malthusianism into a new eugenic concern that early marriages would sap the "race. |
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