An Essay on the Principle of Population [Bayntun Riviere Binding]. Or, A View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions.

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: London, Reeves and Turner, 1888

  • Hardcover
  • Gebraucht
Alle Details anzeigen
Artikelbild 1 von 4.

Anbieter: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, Mayo, IrlandWest Coast Rare Books

Verkäufer/-in mit 4 Sternen

Verkäufer:in bei AbeBooks seit 21. April 2017

Hardcover

Zustand: Gebraucht

EUR 455,00

EUR 60,00 Versand 
Versand von Irland nach USA

Anzahl: 1 verfügbar

In den Warenkorb
30 Tage kostenlose Rückgabe

Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers

Ninth Edition. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 551 pages. Later fine polished calf. Dark blue and green spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Binder Stamp ('Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England') on verso of front free end paper. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Joint and hinges started to crack. Internally bright and clean. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. One of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought. The central idea of the essay - and hub of the Malthusian theory - was a simple one. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient, and the size of the population is checked by 'misery' - that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine. Malthus recognises two other possible checks to population expansion: first 'vice' - that is, homosexuality, prostitution, and abortion (all totally unacceptable to Malthus); and second 'moral restraint' - the voluntary limitation of the product of children by the postponement of marriage" (PMM). "For today's readers, living in a post-Malthus era, the world's population problems are well known and serious, but no longer sensational. It is difficult therefore to appreciate the radical and controversial impact made by the Essay at the time of publication. It challenged the conventional notion that population growth is an unmixed blessing. It discussed prostitution, contraception, and other sexual matters. And it gave vivid descriptions of the horrendous consequences of overpopulation and of the brutal means by which populations are checked" (ODNB). Despite its unpopularity with liberal critics, Malthus's principle of population became accepted as a central tenet of classical political economy and Charles Darwin acknowledged Malthus's influence in the development of his theory of natural selection. Carpenter XXXII (1); Einaudi 3667; Garrison-Morton 1693; Goldsmiths' 17268; Kress B3693; McCulloch, pp. 259-60; Norman 1431; Printing and the Mind of Man 251. Octavo (212 x 130 mm) (Peter Harrington). …

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 104370AB

Bibliografische Details

Titel
An Essay on the Principle of Population [Bayntun Riviere Binding]. Or, A View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions.
Autor
Malthus, Rev. T. R. [Thomas Robert]
Verlag
London, Reeves and Turner
Erscheinungsjahr
1888
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
Artikelgewicht
1.000 Gramm
Verkäuferkataloge
Neues Kapitel

West Coast Rare Books

Westport, Mayo, Irland

Verkäufer/-in mit 4 Sternen

Verkäufer:in bei AbeBooks seit 21. April 2017

Versandkosten von Irland nach USA

Artikel7 bis 14 Werktage7 bis 14 Werktage
Erster ArtikelEUR 60,00EUR 60,00
Die Versandzeiten werden von den Verkäuferinnen und Verkäufern festgelegt. Sie variieren je nach Versanddienstleister und Standort. Sendungen, die den Zoll passieren, können Verzögerungen unterliegen. Eventuell anfallende Abgaben oder Gebühren sind von der Käuferin bzw. dem Käufer zu tragen. Die Verkäuferin bzw. der Verkäufer kann Sie bezüglich zusätzlicher Versandkosten kontaktieren, um einen möglichen Anstieg der Versandkosten für Ihre Artikel auszugleichen.

Zahlungsarten

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Shopbeschreibung

West Coast Rare Books is a bookshop specialised in second hand and rare books. Our shop is located in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. We sell a wide variety of books including art & design, children's books, economics and social sciences, literature with a strong focus on Irish literature, history and military history, music and dance, photography, religion and others. We currently stock books published between 1538 and 2020.

Spezialisierung

Antiquarian and second-hand books

Unternehmensdaten der Verkäuferin bzw. des Verkäufers

West Coast Rare Books Limited

James Street
Westport, Irland F28 WD59