Progress, Poverty and Population: Re-reading Condorcet, Godwin and Malthus

By John Avery

Book Overview

This work traces the history of a debate among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, about whether the benefits of scientific progress would be nullified by the growth of the global population.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714644048
• ISBN13: 9780714644042
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"