An Essay on the Principle of Population (Paperback)

As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks in the form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects.
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General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford World's Classics
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Thomas Malthus
Editors:	Geoffrey Gilbert (Professor of Economics)
Dimensions:	195 x 128 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-954045-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
LSN:	0-19-954045-4
Barcode:	9780199540457

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