1 Neo-Malthusian Theory
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This study is based on World demographic estimates for the last 3 centuries, for example, drawn from A.M. Curr-Saunders, World Population: Past Growth and Present Trends (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1936);
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World Food Trends: A Neo-Malthusian Prospect?Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Vol. 145, No. 4 (Dec., 2001)
, pp. 438-455 (18 pages)
Published By: American Philosophical Society
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