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Thomas Robert Malthus created a considerable controversy with the 1798 publication of his Essay on the Principle of Population.Since then there has been a great deal of confusion about the ideas attributed to him.Donald Winch here examines the contribution Malthus made to political economy, morality, and demography, and the changes his Essay underwent after its second, mature edition of 1803.He also assesses the profound influence Malthus had on Darwin and Keynes, and his influence on contemporary economic thought. ... Read more

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This six-volume facsimile collection reprints seven publications from the 17th to early 19th century, which conceptually influenced Robert Malthus and his Population - one of the most significant works in the history of thought. All are rare and difficult-to-find texts which have never been reprinted before.

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This book offers a broad perspective on the issue of world hunger, analyzing the long-term data on food production from 1885 to the present. Exploring evidence of the validity of Malthusian theory throughout history, the book documents those cases where innovations in food-producing technologies were adopted in response to population pressures and crises of hunger. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

A Bicentennial Malthusian Essay
A Bicentennial Malthusian Essay(Conservation, population, and the Indifference to Limits) by John F.Rohe is an extremely interesting, must-reading, for all responsible people. Alarming, yet exciting, to gain a realistic understanding of conservation. Thinking non-conservationists will become conservationists. Conservationists will find the back-up information to substantiate their beliefs.

Richard M. Shuster, Retired Circuit Judge
5th Judicial Circuit Court, Barry County,
Michigan

A Bicentennial Malthusian Essay
A Bicentennial Malthusian Essay(Conservation, population, and the Indifference to Limits) by John F.Rohe is an extremely interesting, must-reading, for all responsible people. Alarming, yet exciting, to gain a realistic understanding of conservation. Thinking non-conservationists will become conservationists. Conservationists will find the back-up information to substantiate their beliefs.

Richard M. Shuster, Retired Circuit Judge
5th Judicial Circuit Court, Barry County,
Michigan

Events are prooving Malthus right. We better take heed.
At a time when many people downplay Malthus, or even ridiculed him, his predictions are coming true-if we just take notice. This is certainly not visible in the suburban supermarket where many of the people who affectwhat is happening shop. However, for growing numbers of malnourished peopleon our planet, this is all too apparent. This fine book looks at theunderlying causes for this predicament and suggest that the only final wayto resolve this problem is to face up to our population problem. Increasingfood production, if that were still possible, only postpones the worst, andbecause the world's population would be larger, would make the sufferingeven more terrible. Everyone should read this book.

An excellent outline of our indifference toward the future.
Rohe addresses the natural limits that we face, population, resources, environmental degradation, the earths carrying capacity whose totality is a disease of being indifferent toward these limits. He write with theprecision and logic of a lawyer which he is. ... Read more