This book provides a student audience with the best scholarly edition of Malthus' Essay on Population. Written in 1798 as a polite attack on 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. Based on the authoritative variorum edition of the versions of the Essay published between 1803 and 1826, and complete with full introduction and bibliographic apparatus, this new edition is intended to show how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.
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Based on the authoritative variorum edition of the versions of the Essay published between 1803 and 1826, including an introduction and bibliography, this new edition reveals how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.
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This review is from: Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (Paperback)
This is the second (1803) edition of Malthus' Essay, which is considerably expanded from the first (1798) edition, to the point of being a completely new book. It is truly excellent - well worth your time, even if you have already read the first edition. There is a better edition available than this one though (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought). For some incomprehensible reason, the editors ommited chapters 3 through 12 of Book 1, and ALL of Book 2 from this edition. To read the entire Essay, getAn Essay on the Principle of Population - Vol. 1 and An Essay on the Principle of Population - Vol. 2 ... or, get An Essay on the Principle of Population - Vol. 1 for books one and two, and this edition Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) for books 3 and 4. There don't seem to be any one volume editions of the second edition.
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The proverbial relationship of great rivers to small springs is well illustrated by Robert Malthus's most famous work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Great Britain, Patricia James, Cambridge University Press, Sir James Steuart, United States of America, Malthus's Essay, David Ricardo, Robert Malthus, House of Lords, New Observ, Daniel de Foe, Gilbert Wakefield, Habeas Corpus Act, Journal of the History of Ideas, Natural Theology, New England, New York, Police of Metropolis, Sir William Temple, Statement of the Subject New!
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The proverbial relationship of great rivers to small springs is well illustrated by Robert Malthus's most famous work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Great Britain, Patricia James, Cambridge University Press, Sir James Steuart, United States of America, Malthus's Essay, David Ricardo, Robert Malthus, House of Lords, New Observ, Daniel de Foe, Gilbert Wakefield, Habeas Corpus Act, Journal of the History of Ideas, Natural Theology, New England, New York, Police of Metropolis, Sir William Temple, Statement of the Subject New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith on 12 pages
- Essay on the Principle of Population (Norton Critical Editions) by T.R. Malthus on 4 pages
- An Essay on the Principle of Population (Great Minds Series) by Thomas R. Malthus on 4 pages
- An Essay On The Principle Of Population by Thomas Malthus on 4 pages
- Principles of Political Economy by Thomas Robert Malthus on page 15, page 20, and page 25
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