An essay on the principle of population : the 1803 edition

Author(s)

• Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
• Stimson, Shannon C.
• O'Flaherty, Niall

Bibliographic Information

An essay on the principle of population : the 1803 edition

Thomas Robert Malthus ; edited and with an introduction by Shannon C. Stimson ; with essays by Niall O'Flaherty ... [et al.]

（Rethinking the Western tradition）

Yale University Press, c2018

• : paperback

Other Title

An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions

Note

Originally title: An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions

Originally published: London : Printed for J. Johnson, in st. Paul's Church-Yard, 1803, a new edition, very much enlarged

Includes bibliographical references (pages [569]-579) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most influential works of political economy ever written. Most widely circulated in its initial 1798 version, this is the first publication of his benchmark 1803 edition since 1989. Introduced by editor Shannon C. Stimson, this edition includes essays on the historical and political theoretical underpinnings of Malthus's work by Niall O'Flaherty, Malthus's influence on concepts of nature by Deborah Valenze, implications of his population model for political economy by Sir Anthony Wrigley, an assessment of Malthus's theory in light of modern economic ideas by Kenneth Binmore, and a discussion of the Essay's literary and cultural influence by Karen O'Brien. The result is an enlarged view of the political, social, and cultural impact of this profoundly influential work.

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• NCID: BB26280901
• ISBN:
  • 9780300177411
• LCCN: 2017935592
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Haven
• Pages/Volumes: xxx, 588 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB861
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Population
  • FREE : Population. fast (OCoLC)fst01071476
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA22710910