SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Malthusian Trap, Demographic Transition, Cultural Lag
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Malthus called these vices because he morally opposed them and thought everyone else ought to also second are positive checks, such as war, pestilence, and famine. Malthus recognized that positive checks create much suffering yet he felt they are the only forces that can be allowed to control population growth. A cycle of population growth followed by an outbreak of war, pestilence or famine that keeps population growth in check. Explains how changes in fertility and mortality affected population growth from preindustrial to postindustrial times. The preindustrial period crude death rate crude birth rate. The annual number of deaths per 1000 people in a population. Refer to the gap that occurs between rapidly technological change and slower changes in norms and values. The postindustrial period replacement level immigration, or in-migration. The number of children that each woman must have on average for population size to remain stable, ignoring migration.
