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Checks on Population Growth: 1750-1850

In this period the population of Europe nearly doubled, but without certain checks it would have grown even more. There is much evidence that the checks were the widespread practice of celibacy and infanticide

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 226 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Checks on Population Growth: 17501850” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 226 No. 2 (), p. 92
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0272-92