Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Malthus, T. R.; Winch, Donald

ISBN 10: 0521429722 / ISBN 13: 9780521429726

Published by Cambridge University Press (edition Revised ed.), 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (edition Revised ed.)
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521429722
• ISBN 13: 9780521429726
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Revised ed.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book provides a student audience with the best scholarly edition of Malthus' Essay on Population. Written in 1798 as a polite attack on post-French revolutionary speculations on the theme of social and human perfectibility, it remains one of the most powerful statements of the limits to human hopes set by the tension between population growth and natural resources. Based on the authoritative variorum edition of the versions of the Essay published between 1803 and 1826, and complete with full introduction and bibliographic apparatus, this new edition is intended to show how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.

Book Description

Based on the authoritative variorum edition of the versions of the Essay published between 1803 and 1826, including an introduction and bibliography, this new edition reveals how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.