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. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 66
... marriage system " —which had long restricted popula- tion growth enough to help raise individuals ' welfare . This is a very interesting idea . Present - day efforts to cut the fertility of less developed countries , one should note ...
... marriage ; Barbarism : " paired marriage " ; and Civilization : mo- nogamy supplemented by adultery and prostitution . The matri- archal gens that had existed everywhere was supplanted by its patriarchal counterpart , and this ...
Du har nådd visningsgrensen for denne boken.
Du har nådd visningsgrensen for denne boken.
Du har nådd visningsgrensen for denne boken.
Innhold
1 | |
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 |