English Literature GCSE
Malthusian
What Malthusian means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Relating to the ideas of Thomas Malthus, who believed population growth would lead to poverty and starvation, and that charity only worsened the problem.
Topics that use Malthusian
- The 19th-century novel (AQA GCSE)
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