Malthus : the life and legacies of an untimely prophet
Mayhew, Robert J. (Robert John), 1971-2014
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Thomas Robert Malthus's 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' was an immediate succès de scandale when it appeared in 1798. Against the ferment of Enlightenment ideals about the perfectibility of mankind and the grim realities of life in the 18th century, Robert Mayhew explains the genesis of the 'Essay' and Malthus's preoccupation with birth and death rates.
Main title:
Malthus : the life and legacies of an untimely prophet / Robert J. Mayhew.
Imprint:
Cambridge : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Collation:
296 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780674728714 (hbk)
Dewey class:
304.6092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
999887