[PDF] Introduction To Thomas Robert Malthus eBook

Author : Christine Langhoff
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2007-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3638756548

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Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.1 (A), Oxford University (New College), 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus published his first Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798 in order to refute the views expressed by utopian writers and philosophers who believed that society could be reshaped in a new form which would lead to a better life for all. Malthus thought that this would never work simply because there would never be enough food to support an idealistic society. In his works Malthus set up laws about society based on past and present evidence and he tried to make future predictions of populations. Although his work has been very influential, it was his fate to frame an analysis of the relationship between population, economy and society during the last generation to which it was applicable. There have been many studies to show whether Malthus was correct for his time and some limitations of his writings have been pointed out. Some of the main limitations of his works are concerned with his views of non-modern Western and non-modern societies.

Author : Donald Winch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019164921X

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Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies Malthus's ideas, assessing the profound influence he has had on modern economic thought. Concentrating on his writings, Winch sheds light on the context in which he wrote and why his work has remained controversial. Looking at Malthus's early life as well as the evolution of his theories from population to political economy, Winch considers why and how Malthus's writings have been so influential in the thought of later figures such as Darwin and Keynes. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Thomas Malthus
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0141392835

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Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease. He significantly influenced the thinking of Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and his theories continue to raise important questions today in the fields of social theory, economics and the environment. With an introduction by Robert Mayhew.

Author : Alison Bashford
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0691177910

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This book 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 a product of the British and European context in which it was written, Alison Bashford and Joyce Chaplin demonstrate that it was the new world, as well as the old, that fundamentally shaped Malthus's ideas.

Author : Thomas Robert Malthus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,57 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192837479

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In 1798 initiates a controversy by arguing how a large population may surpass its resources, and how improved economics can lower mortality rates, and also examines how reproduction can dwarf its food production.

Author : Thomas Robert Malthus
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Economics
ISBN :

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An investigation of the cause of the present high price of provisions.--A letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq., M.P., on his proposed bill for the amendment of the poor laws.--A letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Grenville, occasioned by some observations of His Lordship on the East India Company's establishment for the education of their civil servants.--Observations on the effects of the corn laws.--The grounds of an opinion on the policy of restricting the importation of foreign corn.--An inquiry into the nature and progress of rent.--Statements respecting the East-India College.

Author : Thomas Robert Malthus
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 1820
Category : Blake
ISBN :

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Malthus has prepared in this work the general rules of political economy. He calls into question some of the reasonings of Ricardo and attempts to defend Adam Smith.

Author : T. R. Malthus
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486115771

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The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources.