Abstract
Much has been made, and rightly, of the population explosion in Latin America. As recorded in the attached bibliography, there is an abundant literature on the statistical aspects of the problem, together with the usual sociological considerations.1 This paper will, therefore, concentrate on some highly significant but neglected aspects of the question.
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Hilton, R. (1964). The Population Explosion in Latin America. In: Mudd, S. (eds) The Population Crisis and the Use of World Resources. World Academy of Art and Science, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5910-6_19
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