SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thomas Robert Malthus, Fecundity, Working Animal
16 Apr 2019
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Scientific study of population that draws on several components of population: size of the population, composition of the population, territorial distribution of the population. A census: an enumeration or counting of the people - mechanisms for collecting information. Done every 10 years by the federal government: provides vital statistics and records, enumeration of property and other items at a given time, in 1790 the us took its first census to determine each state"s representation in congress. Since 1790 a census is required by the constitution. Sr. thomas malthus: british clergy one of the firs scholars to sound an alarm on overpopulation. An essay on the principle of population 1798. World"s population growing more rapidly than the available food supply. The population would expand at a much faster rate than agriculture would keep up with needs. Neo-malthusian: view stresses birth control and sensible use of resources.
