1st Edition

Malthus Founder of Modern Demography

By William Petersen Copyright 1999
328 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), one of the most influential of modern thinkers, is also one of the most misunderstood. Malthus' Essay on Population is a work that everyone cites but typically without having read it. This book offers a comprehensive and accurate exposition of his thought, integrating his better-known theory on population with his somewhat neglected analysis of economic... Read more
1: His Times; 2: His Life and Work; 3: The Principle of Population; 4: Minor Quibbles and Gross Misunderstandings; 5: Economic Theory; 6: The Poor Law and Migration; 7: Population Growth; 8: Mortality; 9: Fertility; 10: The Malthusian Heritage

Biography

William Petersen