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The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus: Rereading the Principle of Population
Alison Bashford
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Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 halftones. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published anonymously in 1798, the Essay systematically argues that population growth tends to outpace its means of subsistence unless kept in check by factors such as disease, famine, or war, or else by lowering the birth rate through such means as sexual abstinence. Challenging the widely held notion that Malthus's Essay was ... Read more
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published anonymously in 1798, the Essay systematically argues that population growth tends to outpace its means of subsistence unless kept in check by factors such as disease, famine, or war, or else by lowering the birth rate through such means as sexual abstinence. Challenging the widely held notion that Malthus's Essay was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
659g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691164199
SKU
V9780691164199
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About Alison Bashford
Alison Bashford is the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College. Her books include Global Population: History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth. Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. Her books include The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and ... Read more
Reviews for The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus: Rereading the Principle of Population
In their important and persuasive new book, Bashford and Chaplin argue that, far from being an uncaring figure with tunnel vision, Malthus, properly understood, anticipates some of the most pressing international circumstances of our time... [A] provocative and profound work.
Mark S. Micale, Times Literary Supplement Penetrating reappraisal of the philosopher's Essay on the Principle of Population.
Barb Kiser, ... Read more
Mark S. Micale, Times Literary Supplement Penetrating reappraisal of the philosopher's Essay on the Principle of Population.
Barb Kiser, ... Read more