An Essay on the Principle of Population
- ISBN-10
- 0192837478
- ISBN-13
- 9780192837479
- Series
- An Essay on the Principle of Population
- Category
- Population
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Thomas Robert Malthus
Description
In 1798 initiates a controversy by arguing how a large population may surpass its resources, and how improved economics can lower mortality rates, and also examines how reproduction can dwarf its food production.
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