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Hungry Generations : The Nineteenth-Century Case Against Malthusianism /

Boner, Harold A.

Hungry Generations : The Nineteenth-Century Case Against Malthusianism / Harold A. Boner. - 1 online resource (234 p.)

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Anticlimax to Hope: 1798 -- II. The Rise of Malthus, 1798–1817 -- III. Malthusian Triumph, 1817–1834 -- IV. The Tide Turns, 1834–1859 -- V. The Twilight of Malthus: After 1859 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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A history of the rise and fall of the Malthusian theory in 19th century England, and the way in which Malthus's theory as a whole was exposed as an invidious and fallacious instrument for concealing exploitation and economic injustice.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231915069 9780231884068

10.7312/bone91506 doi


SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography.