Economic, Social and Demographic Thought in the XIXth Century: The Population Debate from Malthus to Marx
Author:   Yves Charbit
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
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9789048182299


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
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Economic, Social and Demographic Thought in the XIXth Century: The Population Debate from Malthus to Marx


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Author:   Yves Charbit
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048182299


ISBN 10:   9048182298
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Population Controversy and Beyond.- Population, Economic Growth and Religion: Malthus as a Populationist.- From Malthusianism to Populationism: The French Liberal Economists (1840–1870).- The Malthusian Trap: The Failure of Proudhon.- Capitalism and Population: Marx and Engels Against Malthus.- Beneath Demographic Issues.

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From the reviews: In this volume, Yves Charbit describes how population thinking moved from a stage where it was primarily considered a theme of political philosophy towards a subject of social science, and a subject of economics in particular, making it ready to emerge as an independent scientific discipline towards the end of the nineteenth century. ... I would certainly recommend this book ... . (Jan Van Bavel, Population Studies, Vol. 66 (3), November, 2012)


From the reviews: In this volume, Yves Charbit describes how population thinking moved from a stage where it was primarily considered a theme of political philosophy towards a subject of social science, and a subject of economics in particular, making it ready to emerge as an independent scientific discipline towards the end of the nineteenth century. ... I would certainly recommend this book ... . (Jan Van Bavel, Population Studies, Vol. 66 (3), November, 2012)


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