Malthus - The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert J. Mayhew is Professor of Historical Geography and Intellectual History at the University of Bristol.

Zusammenfassung

Though Robert Malthus has never disappeared, he has been perpetually misunderstood. Robert Mayhew offers at once a major reassessment of Malthus’s ideas and an intellectual history of the origins of modern debates about demography, resources, and the environment, giving historical depth to our current planetary concerns.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert J. Mayhew, Mayhew Robert J.
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674728714
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72871-4
• Seiten: 304
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Population & demography, Biography: historical, political and military