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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... early stages of life , " possibly “ the closeness and foulness of the air . ” The growth of the urban population , thus , depended on a constant replenishment of villagers , but " we need not accompany Dr. Price in his apprehensions ...
... early stages of life , " possibly “ the closeness and foulness of the air . ” The growth of the urban population , thus , depended on a constant replenishment of villagers , but " we need not accompany Dr. Price in his apprehensions ...
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... early modern period , proved everywhere to be inadequate to care for the flow of unwanted babies . According to a plausible argument , infanticide remained fairly common in Western Europe until the last quarter of the nineteenth century ...
... early modern period , proved everywhere to be inadequate to care for the flow of unwanted babies . According to a plausible argument , infanticide remained fairly common in Western Europe until the last quarter of the nineteenth century ...
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... early as 1698 , and over the following decades parochial charity schools were set up in various parts of England and Wales , with a total enrollment of around 30,000 pupils in 1750. The explicit function of moral instruction persisted ...
... early as 1698 , and over the following decades parochial charity schools were set up in various parts of England and Wales , with a total enrollment of around 30,000 pupils in 1750. The explicit function of moral instruction persisted ...
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