Download or read book The Progress of the Nation in Its Various Social and Economic Relations from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century (Classic Reprint) written by George Richardson Porter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Progress of the Nation in Its Various Social and Economic Relations From the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century By 1800, however, the fear of a decline in population had been replaced by a dread, stimulated by Malthus' Essay on Population, that it was increasing faster than the means Of subsistence. The need Of accurate information was strongly felt, and in 1800 a Bill for the first census passed without opposition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.