Download or read book An Essay on the Principle of Population written by Thomas Robert Malthus and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1798 initiates a controversy by arguing how a large population may surpass its resources, and how improved economics can lower mortality rates, and also examines how reproduction can dwarf its food production.