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The Popularization of Malthus in Early Nineteenth-Century England - Martineau, Cobbett and the Pauper Press (Paperback)
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The Popularization of Malthus in Early Nineteenth-Century England - Martineau, Cobbett and the Pauper Press (Paperback)
Series: Modern Economic and Social History
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The political economist Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) has
gained increasing and deserved scholarly attention in recent years.
As well as the republication of his works and letters, a rich body
of scholarship has been produced that enlightens our understanding
of his thoughts and arguments. Yet little has been written on the
ways in which his message was translated to, and interpreted by, a
popular audience. Malthus first rose to prominence in 1798 with the
publication of his Essay on the Principle of Population, in which
he blamed rising levels of poverty on the inability of Britain's
economy to support its growing population. His remedy, to limit the
number of children born to poor families, outraged many social
reformers, most notably William Cobbett, but found a ready audience
in other quarters, Harriet Martineau, among others, being a famous
Malthusian advocate. In this new study of Malthus and the impact of
his writings, James Huzel shows how, by being both popularized and
demonized, he framed the terms of reference for debate on the
problems of pauperism and became the beacon against which all
proposals seeking to remedy the problem of poverty had to be
measured. It is argued that the New Poor Law of 1834 was deeply
influenced by Malthusian ideals, replacing the traditional sources
of outdoor relief with the humiliation of the workhouse. Dealing
with issues of social, economic and intellectual history this work
offers a fresh and insightful investigation into one of the most
influential, though misunderstood, thinkers of the late eighteenth
and early nineteenth centuries and concludes that Malthus was
perhaps even more important than Adam Smith and David Ricardo in
fostering the rise of a market economy. It is essential reading for
all those who wish to reach a fuller understanding of how the
tremendous social and economic upheavals of the Industrial
Revolution shaped the development of modern Britain.
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