About this title: As the world's population continues to grow at a rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains ever more importance. "An Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources: better economic conditions lead inevitably to lower mortality rates; poor relief encourages the poorest and most irresponsible to multiply; reproduction exceeds food production. Malthus' argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes for social progress. Today his name remains a byword for ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 06/2004
ISBN-13:9781419106446ISBN:1419106449
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 124 p. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 11/11/1999
ISBN-13:9780192837479ISBN:0192837478
Description: Fair. 0192837478 Unused overstock copy with light wear to edges from shelving overall; surface of spine has 1/4 inch tear and surface of front cover's lower corner is torn as well. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1985
Description: Used Very Good. The text appears clean, the pages have yellowed lightly. The back cover has a small torn area, otherwise in nice condition. read more
Description: Like New. Penguin Classics, 1985 reprint, TPB. Clean, tight, probably never read, no markings r highlighting, minimal shelfwear. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Dutton
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good. Note-Volume two. Hardcover ex-library book in good condition. All usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Book Jungle
Date Published: 2008-10-22
ISBN-13:9781438503837ISBN:1438503830
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN-13:9780199540457ISBN:0199540454
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780199540457. read more
Binding: Hardback-no DJ
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Type: Ex-Library Former college library book. This is the complete 2 vol. set. Tight binding, good hinges & a few scattered pencil markings. --I own the books I list-live on a small Virginia mountain farm, garden and read a great deal. ! read more
"A little dense, but not nearly so much as most contemporary books; this foundational population biology text can be thought-provoking and insightful, and about more topics than simply the title would indicate."
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