New perspectives on Malthus /edited by Robert J. Mayhew, University of Bristol.
New perspectives on Malthus /edited by Robert J. Mayhew, University of Bristol.
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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) 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 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 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
Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study reassesses Thomas Malthus's contested achievements and legacies.
9781139939485 9781316693735 9781316693285
Demographers--Great Britain.
Demography--History.
Electronic Books.
HB863 / .N497 2016
Includes bibliographies and index.
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) 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 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 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
Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study reassesses Thomas Malthus's contested achievements and legacies.
9781139939485 9781316693735 9781316693285
Demographers--Great Britain.
Demography--History.
Electronic Books.
HB863 / .N497 2016