An Essay on the Principle of Population (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393924106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has also published three novels and several volumes of poetry. He is the author of a book on overpopulation, The Silent Explosion and coeditor of 1859: Entering an Age of Crisis. About the Author Philip Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, where he was a founding editor of Victorian Studies.
The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations and excerpts from the revised edition (1803). Brown, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, and Garrett Hardin to Julian Simon and Pope Paul VI. Contemporary commentary ranges widely through many schools of thought, from Lester R. A Selected Readings list and Index are included.. Nine major assessments from the nineteenth century are reprinted, includingnew to the Second Editionthose of Frances Pace and Harriet Martineau. All but one of the twenty-four selections are new to the Second Edition. While millions face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation, the world’s population is increasing by over 225,000 people per day, 80 million per year. In many countries, supplies of food and water are inadequate to support the population, so the world falls deeper and deeper into what economists call the “Malthusian trap,&rd
He is the author of a book on overpopulation, The Silent Explosion and coeditor of 1859: Entering an Age of Crisis. . Philip Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, where he was a founding editor of Victorian Studies. He has also published three novels and several volumes of poetry
Malthusian Apologetics - Who Knew? Amazon Customer Of course you know this most famous work by Thomas Robert Malthus - An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). It is still discussed today among social theorists, Marxists and academicians. Charles Darwin credits his first insight into natural selection as inspired by his reading of Malthus. (As an aside, Alfred Russell Wallace also read Malthus) In addition, Malthus scores Christian apologetics points as he touches upon