Population: The First Essay

by Thomas Robert Malthus

Population: The First Essay by Thomas Robert Malthus examines the relationship between population growth and resources, outlining the principle that population must be kept in check by the means of subsistence. In this seminal work, Malthus contends that while food supply can only increase arithmetically, human population tends to grow geometrically, inevitably leading to a point where resources cannot support the burgeoning population. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472060317
• ISBN13: 9780472060313
• Release Date: September 1959
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.4" x 5.4" x 8.0"