Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (Hardcover, Revised)

This 1992 volume makes available to a student audience one of the most controversial and misunderstood works published during the last two hundred years. Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population began life in 1798 as a polite attack on some 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. This edition is based on the authoritative variorum of the mature versions of the Essay published over the period 1803 to 1826. The introduction, notes and bibliographic apparatus are aimed specifically at a modern audience interested in how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Release date:	August 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	T.R. Malthus
Editors:	Donald Winch
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	430
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-41954-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-521-41954-9
Barcode:	9780521419543

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