num_pages: 430
description: 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.his book provides a student audience with the best scholarly edition of Malthus' Essay on Population.
language: English
title: Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
titlecomplete: Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
genres: Classics, History, 18th Century, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology, Science, Essays, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 1701
publisher: Cambridge University Press