An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population
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Malthus's essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus remains a byword for concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects.
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An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
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' 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.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192830968 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192830961 |
| Titre | An Essay on the Principle of Population |
| Auteur | Thomas Malthus |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Oxford University Press |
| Année de publication | 1993-11-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 208 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |