The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numb

Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted

Around 1796, Mr. Malthus, an English gentleman, had finished reading a book that confidently predicted human life would continue to grow richer, more comfortabl

Published in two volumes, these books provide a student audience with an excellent scholarly edition of Malthus' Essay on Population. Written in 1798 as a polit