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人口论

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Thisvolumemakesavailabletoastudentaudienceoneofthemostcontroversialandmiunderstoodworkspublishedduringthelasttwohundredyears.Malthus`sEssayanPrincipleofPopulationbeganlifein1798asapoliteattockonsomepost-French-revolutionaryspeculationsonthethemeofsocialandhumanhopessetbythetensionbetweenpopulationgrowthandnaturalresources.ThiseditionisbasedontheauthoritativevariorumofthematureversionsoftheEssaypublishedovertheperiod1803to1826.thiswastheperiodduringwhichMalthuscollectedfurtherdemographicevidenceanddevelopedadistinctivestanceasapoliticalmoralistonanumberofimportantpolicyquestionsthatwerecentraltopublicdebateduringandimmediatedyaftertheNapoleonicwars-theperiodinwhichBritaintheadequacyofitspoliticalinstitutionsandeconomicpoliciesinthefaceofrapidpopulationgrowth,politicalandindustrialization.TheintroductionandnotesareaimedspecificallyatamodernstudentaudienceinterestedinhowMalthusianismimpingesonthehistoryofpoliticalthought.

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