1st Edition

The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus Vol 1

By E A Wrigley, David Souden Copyright 1986
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    A collection of eight volumes of books which contain all the known published writings and variant readings of Thomas Malthus. Malthus is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between population and food supply and his work is seen as the foundation for population studies.

    VOLUME ONE AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION The first edition (1798) with introduction and bibliography; Introduction The publications of Thomas Robert Malthus Publications about Malthus and his work Table of the sources used by Malthus in the successive editions of the Essay on population Consolidated bibliography of the sources referred to by Malthus in his published works Notes on the printing of variant texts Introduction to volume 1 ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION, 1798 Bibliography of works cited by Malthus in volume 1

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    E A Wrigley, David Souden