Weyland challenges Malthus's assumption of a 'tendency' of human populations to double every twenty-five years unless checked. Weyland's claims provoked a a reply from Malthus in the appendix to the 1817 edition of the "Essay.
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In this work John Weyland responds to Malthus's "An Essay on the Principle of Population" and in particular challenges his assumption of a "tendancy" of human populations to double every 25 years unless checked.
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- PublisherRoutledge / Thoemmes Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1855067749
- ISBN 13 9781855067745
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages548