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almafu_9960117372602883
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1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
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1-316-69283-3
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1-316-69298-1
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1-316-69313-9
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1-316-69373-2
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1-316-69328-7
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1-316-69358-9
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1-139-93948-3
Content:
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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Alps on Alps arise': revisiting Malthus; Malthus's ideas: a small-scale map; Malthus's reception: a small-scale map; Alps on Alps arise; Notes; Part I Malthus in historical context; 1 Who were the pre-Malthusians?; Notes; 2 Malthus and Godwin: rights, utility and productivity; Introduction; Justice and rights in Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793); Godwin's The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature (1797)
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Enter MalthusProductivity trumps rights; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Malthus and the 'end of poverty'; The science of poverty; The war on poverty; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Malthus and the new world; Notes; 5 Island, nation, planet: Malthus in the Enlightenment; Notes; Part II The reception of Malthus; 6 Malthus, women and fiction; Martineau, feminism and Malthusian fiction; Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, anti-Malthusianism and the menstrual economy; Malthusianism and the Condition-of-England novel; Notes; 7 Finding a place for the anti-Malthusian tradition in the Victorian evolution debates
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The significance of Darwin's Malthusian momentBiology and society; Kropotkin's anti-Malthusian Darwinism; The anti-Malthusian evolutionary tradition in England; From radicalism to socialism; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Imagine all the people: Rockefeller philanthropy, Malthusian thinking and the 'peasant problem' in Asia; Antecedents, antagonists and unlikely alliances; Malthus and the menace of population; Governing through philanthropy; Philanthropy and the geopolitics of need; The 'breeders' versus the 'feeders'; Ferment in Asia; Inspiring purposeful change; Notes
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9 The publication bomb: the birth of modern environmentalism and the editing of Malthus's EssayMalthus, population and the birth of modern environmentalism; Malthus's publication bomb; Editing the Essay and imagining Malthus, 1914-76; Conclusion: publishing Malthus and the Malthusian moment; Notes; 10 Malthus today; Notes; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-07773-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-43469-6
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English
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139939485
