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    New Perspectives on Malthus

    New Perspectives on Malthus by Mayhew, Robert J.;

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    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 20 December 2018

    • ISBN 9781107434691
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages346 pages
    • Size 228x153x15 mm
    • Weight 430 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study reassesses Thomas Malthus's contested achievements and legacies.

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    Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a pioneer in demography, economics and social science more generally whose ideas prompted a new 'Malthusian' way of thinking about population and the poor. On the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth, New Perspectives on Malthus offers an up-to-date collection of interdisciplinary essays from leading Malthus experts who reassess his work. Part one looks at Malthus's achievements in historical context, addressing not only perennial questions such as his attitude to the Poor Laws, but also new topics including his response to environmental themes and his use of information about the New World. Part two then looks at the complex reception of his ideas by writers, scientists, politicians and philanthropists from the period of his own lifetime to the present day, from Charles Darwin and H. G. Wells to David Attenborough, Al Gore and Amartya Sen.

    'The volume effectively documents the enduring significance of Malthus's principle of population.' Dennis Hodgson, Population and Development Review

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    Table of Contents:

    List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Alps on Alps arise': revisiting Malthus Robert J. Mayhew; Part I. Malthus in Historical Context: 1. Who were the pre-Malthusians? Ted McCormick; 2. Malthus and Godwin: rights, utility and productivity Gregory Claeys; 3. Malthus and the 'end of poverty' Niall O'Flaherty; 4. Malthus and the New World Alison Bashford and Joyce E. Chaplin; 5. Island, nation, planet: Malthus in the Enlightenment Fredrik Albritton Jonsson; Part II. The Reception of Malthus: 6. Malthus, women and fiction Ella Dzelzainis; 7. The anti-Malthusian tradition in the Victorian evolution debates Piers J. Hale; 8. Imagine all the people: fear, philanthropy and the 'peasant problem' in Asia David Nally; 9. The publication bomb: the birth of modern environmentalism and the editing of Malthus's Essay Robert J. Mayhew; 10. Malthus today Derek S. Hoff and Thomas Robertson; Afterword Karen O'Brien; Bibliography; Index.

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