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World hunger : a neo-Malthusian perspective / Mitchell Kellman.
Lippincott Library HD9000.5 .K374 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kellman, Mitchell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.
- Malthus, T. R.
- Food supply.
- Population.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Praeger, 1987.
- Summary:
- This book offers a broad perspective on the issue of world hunger, analyzing the long-term data on food production from 1885 to the present. Exploring evidence of the validity of Malthusian theory throughout history, the book documents those cases where innovations in food-producing technologies were adopted in response to population pressures and crises of hunger.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 233-239.
- ISBN:
- 0275922472
- OCLC:
- 14129288
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