An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings

by Thomas K. Malthus and Thomas Robert Malthus

Book Overview

Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease. He significantly influenced the thinking of Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and his theories continue to raise important questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141392827
• ISBN13: 9780141392820
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"