Malthus: Founder of Modern DemographyTransaction Publishers - 302 sider 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 development and social structure. |
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... rejection of the routine disparagement that had once prevailed . In 1980 the Societe de Demographie Historique arranged a conference in Paris where more than 500 participants from 61 countries lis- x Introduction to the Transaction Edition.
Founder of Modern Demography. Paris where more than 500 participants from 61 countries lis- tened to and discussed 164 papers . Several years later , to mark the 150th anniversary of Malthus's death , the British Society for Population ...
... countries , one should note , have seldom if ever included the suggestion that the conversion of state enterprises to free enterprise would contribute to the success of the pro- grams . In 1997 , as an important element of Malthus's ...
... countries were also included in it . The distinctive attribute of Oriental despotism is that it lacks the social progress built into the four Western stages . According to Marx , " India has no his- tory , " only " successive invaders ...
... countries . Neither such direct descendants of Marx as " Maoists " nor such more remote offshoots as " African socialists " have grappled with the issue of what Oriental despotism implies for , among other questions , the population of ...
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His Life and Work | 21 |
The Principle of Population | 38 |
Minor Quibbles and Gross Misunderstandings | 58 |
Economic Theory | 82 |
The Poor Law and Migration | 100 |
Population Growth | 135 |
Mortality | 156 |
Fertility | 180 |
The Malthusian Heritage | 218 |
Notes | 241 |
Works Cited | 259 |
Index | 291 |