An Essay on the Principle of Population, Volume I

Thomas Robert Malthus

ISBN 10: 1602068623 / ISBN 13: 9781602068629

Edité par Cosimo Jan 2013, 2013

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Neuware - Around 1796, Mr. Malthus, an English gentleman, had finished reading a book that confidently predicted human life would continue to grow richer, more comfortable and more secure, and that nothing could stop the march of progress. He discussed this theme with his son, Thomas, and Thomas ardently disagreed with both his father and the book he had been reading, along with the entire idea of unending human progress. Mr. Malthus suggested that he write down his objections so that they could discuss them point-by-point.Not long after, Thomas returned with a rather long essay. His father was so impressed that he urged his son to have it published. And so, in 1798, appeared An Essay on Population, by British political economist and demographer THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (1766-1834).Though it was attacked at the time and ridiculed for many years afterward, it has remained one of the most influential works in the English language on the general checks and balances of the world's population and its necessary control.This is a replica of the 1826 sixth edition. Volume 1 includes: Book I: 'Of the Checks to the Population in the Less Civilised Parts of the World and in Past Times' and Book II: 'Of the Checks to the Population in the Different States of Modern Europe.'.

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• Titre: An Essay on the Principle of Population, Volume I
• Éditeur: Cosimo Jan 2013
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1602068623
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781602068629
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 222 L x 145 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 222 millimètres de largeur par 145 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 604 grammes

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Around 1796, Mr. Malthus, an English gentleman, had finished reading a book that confidently predicted human life would continue to grow richer, more comfortable and more secure, and that nothing could stop the march of progress. He discussed this theme with his son, Thomas, and Thomas ardently disagreed with both his father and the book he had been reading, along with the entire idea of unending human progress. Mr. Malthus suggested that he write down his objections so that they could discuss them point-by-point. Not long after, Thomas returned with a rather long essay. His father was so impressed that he urged his son to have it published. And so, in 1798, appeared An Essay on Population, by British political economist and demographer THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (1766-1834). Though it was attacked at the time and ridiculed for many years afterward, it has remained one of the most influential works in the English language on the general checks and balances of the world's population and its necessary control. This is a replica of the 1826 sixth edition. Volume 1 includes: Book I: "Of the Checks to the Population in the Less Civilised Parts of the World and in Past Times" and Book II: "Of the Checks to the Population in the Different States of Modern Europe."