An Essay On The Principle Of Population: Or, A View Of Its Past And Present Effects On Human Happiness; With An Inquiry Into Our Prospects Respecting The Future Removal Or Mitigation Of The Evils Which It Occasions. First American, From The Third London Edition.

MALTHUS, T[homas] R[obert] [1766-1834].

Published by Washington City: Roger Chew Weightman, 1809.

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2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 510, xxxiv(index); vii, [1], 542. complete with half-titles. contemporary tree calf, rebacked (several small library rubberstamps, some foxing & browning throughout as usual more extensive on outer leaves). First American Edition, based on the revised and enlarged third London edition of 1806, of one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic and social thought. " Malthus s law , that population increases at a greater rate than the means of subsistence, was one of the first and is still one of the most widely debated of modern economic theories. The work aroused a storm of controversy since Malthus held that checks on the growth of population would be necessary, a theory which is still not finally extinguished. Malthus has exercised a strong influence not merely in economics, but in the whole realm of social theory." (PMM) Goldsmiths 19819. Kress B.5542. Palgrave II pp. 668-677. Shaw & Shoemaker 17975. cfNCBEL III 1294. cfGarrison & Morton 1693. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man. 251.

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• Title: An Essay On The Principle Of Population: Or, A View Of Its Past And Present Effects On Human Happiness; With An Inquiry Into Our Prospects Respecting The Future Removal Or Mitigation Of The Evils Which It Occasions. First American, From The Third London Edition.
• Publisher: Washington City: Roger Chew Weightman, 1809.
• Edition: 1st Edition
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