Malthus: Founder of Modern DemographyTransaction Publishers - 302 σελίδες Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), one of the most influential of modern thinkers, is also one of the most misunderstood. Malthus' Essay on Population is a work that everyone cites but typically without having read it. This book offers a comprehensive and accurate exposition of his thought, integrating his better-known theory on population with his somewhat neglected analysis of economic development and social structure. |
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... reviewer remarked , she looked under not only every stone but also virtually every grain of sand . For the first time , due to her impressive efforts , we have as full an ac- count of Malthus's life and personality as is possible . ix ...
... review of the set , 10 I was repeatedly struck by how impressive a range of current de- mographic thinking had its origin in the writings of this one man . The contention that Malthus's writings are pertinent in judging current issues ...
... review of this question , how- ever , cannot have much substance , for in the usually tangential treatment first by Marx and Engels and then by their immediate followers , population was generally pictured less as a significant ...
... Review , 13 ( June , 1987 ) , 343-348 . 1 l Jacqueline Beaujeu - Garnier , " Malthus avait - il raison ? " Espace , Popu- lations , Societes , no . 3 ( 1989 ) , 305-315 . Jacques Silber , " Malthus ' Precon- ditions to Moral Restraint ...
... Review , 1 : 2 ( 1957 ) , 21-32 . 18. Frederick Engels , The Condition of the Working Class in England ( 1845 ) , edited by W. O. Henderson and W. H. Chaloner ( Stanford , Calif .: Stanford University Press , 1958 ) , pp . 92-191 . See ...
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His Life and Work | 21 |
The Principle of Population | 38 |
Minor Quibbles and Gross Misunderstandings | 58 |
Economic Theory | 82 |
The Poor Law and Migration | 100 |
Population Growth | 135 |
Mortality | 156 |
Fertility | 180 |
The Malthusian Heritage | 218 |
Notes | 241 |
Works Cited | 259 |
Index | 291 |