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Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet
Malthus The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet
Author: Robert J. Mayhew
Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population was an immediate succès de scandale when it appeared in 1798. Arguing that nature is niggardly and that societies, both human and animal, tend to overstep the limits of natural resources in "perpetual oscillation between happiness and misery," he found himself attacked on all sides-...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674728714
ISBN-10: 0674728718
Publication Date: 4/28/2014
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Belknap Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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