New Perspectives on Malthus

ISBN-13: 9781107434691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 346 str.

Robert J. Mayhew

Opis

Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study reassesses Thomas Malthus's contested achievements and legacies.

Recenzje

'With its many voices and many views New Perspectives on Malthus presents a clear, often brilliant light on an extensive range of Malthusian/anti-Malthusian interpretations and implications … [T]his remarkable collection of essays, each tracking distinct yet related lines of inquiry from two hundred years ago to the present, serves as a reminder that the past is never past, that ideas seldom do have boundaries.' The Wordsworth Circle

Spis treści

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Alps on Alps arise': revisiting Malthus Robert J. Mayhew; Part I. Malthus in Historical Context: 1. Who were the pre-Malthusians? Ted McCormick; 2. Malthus and Godwin: rights, utility and productivity Gregory Claeys; 3. Malthus and the 'end of poverty' Niall O'Flaherty; 4. Malthus and the New World Alison Bashford and Joyce E. Chaplin; 5. Island, nation, planet: Malthus in the Enlightenment Fredrik Albritton Jonsson; Part II. The Reception of Malthus: 6. Malthus, women and fiction Ella Dzelzainis; 7. The anti-Malthusian tradition in the Victorian evolution debates Piers J. Hale; 8. Imagine all the people: fear, philanthropy and the 'peasant problem' in Asia David Nally; 9. The publication bomb: the birth of modern environmentalism and the editing of Malthus's Essay Robert J. Mayhew; 10. Malthus today Derek S. Hoff and Thomas Robertson; Afterword Karen O'Brien; Bibliography; Index.