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An Essay On The Principle Of Population

by Thomas Malthus
language: english
Publisher: Oxford University Press, June of 2008 ‧
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As the world's population continues to grow at a rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains ever more importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources: better economic conditions lead inevitably to lower mortality rates; poor relief encourages the poorest and most irresponsible to multiply; reproduction exceeds food production. Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes for social progress. Today his name remains a byword for active concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects. In this new edition of the Essay, Geoffrey Gilbert considers why it was so effective, and ties it to issues of social policy, theology, evolution, and the environment.

An Essay On The Principle Of Population

by Thomas Malthus

Property Description
ISBN: 9780199540457
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: June of 2008
Language: English
Dimensions: 128 x 195 x 11 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 208
Format: Book
Collection: Oxford World'S Classics
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9780199540457

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