An essay on the principle of population and, A summary view of the principle of population / Thomas Robert Malthus ; edited with an introduction by Antony Flew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834, author.

Contributor:

Flew, Antony, 1923-2010, editor.

Penguin (Firm), publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Pelican classics ; AC18.

Pelican classics ; AC18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

291 pages ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

Summary view of the principle of population

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1970.

Summary:

Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes of social progress. today his name remains a byword for active concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects.

Contents:

Summary view of the principle of population / Malthus, T.R., Thomas Robert, 1766-1834.

Notes:

"Introduction and Notes copyright © Anthony Flew, 1970"--verso of title page.

"First published in 1798 and 1830. Published in Pelican Books 1970"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (page 287).

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Contains:

Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834. Summary view of the principle of population. 1970.

Other Format:

Online version: Malthus, T.R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834. Essay on the principle of population.

ISBN:

0140400184

9780140400182

014043206X

9780140432060

OCLC:

145760