An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings
Malthus, Thomas / Mayhew, Robert
The provocative historical work on social economy, demography, and population controlMalthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease. He significantly influenced the thinki...