MalthusHarvard University Press, 1979 - 302 sider This book contrasts Malthus with competing theories. Petersen discusses the trends since Malthus' day in fertility, mortality, and population growth. Also compares Malthus' economics with that of his contemporary, David Ricardo, as well as the links to the Keynesian thought of recent time. Petersen also comments on Malthus' stand on birth control, as well as on the rise of the neo-Malthusian movement and its successor in today's less developed countries. The review of both population trends and demographic theory over the past century and a half gives the reader a base from which he can judge in what respects Malthus did, or did not, forecast the future accurately. As Petersen points out, Malthus also influenced the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin, as well as its offshoot, Social Darwinism. |
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... century , when public sanitation had become efficient enough to cancel the physiological effect of crowding . From about 1750 on , in the better - class neighborhoods of English cities scavengers gathered human excrement , or " night ...
... century , when public sanitation had become efficient enough to cancel the physiological effect of crowding . From about 1750 on , in the better - class neighborhoods of English cities scavengers gathered human excrement , or " night ...
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... century .. Immunization and treatment contributed little to the reduction ( of mortality ) from infectious diseases before 1935 , and ... it would be surprising if medical measures were more effective in the period which preceded ...
... century .. Immunization and treatment contributed little to the reduction ( of mortality ) from infectious diseases before 1935 , and ... it would be surprising if medical measures were more effective in the period which preceded ...
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... century that one happening or another in the past has relevance or significance for us ... The fallacy lies in the fact that if the historian working on the sixteenth century keeps the twentieth century in his mind , he makes direct ...
... century that one happening or another in the past has relevance or significance for us ... The fallacy lies in the fact that if the historian working on the sixteenth century keeps the twentieth century in his mind , he makes direct ...
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