{"product_id":"9780393924107","title":"An Essay on the Principle of Population: Text, Sources and Background, Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile millions face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation, the world’s population is increasing by over 225,000 people per day, 80 million per year.\u003cbr\u003eIn many countries, supplies of food and water are inadequate to support the population, so the world falls deeper and deeper into what economists call the “Malthusian trap,” named for the writer whose work, more than any other, brought attention to the population dilemma. Philip Appleman’s comprehensive introduction to Thomas Robert Malthus’ seminal 1798 work traces the evolution of Malthus’ idea and its validity through following generations.\u003cbr\u003eThe text is accompanied by explanatory annotations and excerpts from the revised edition (1803). Key eighteenth-century influences on Malthus are reprinted, including one by Benjamin Franklin.\u003cbr\u003eNine major assessments from the nineteenth century are reprinted, including—new to the Second Edition—those of Frances Pace and Harriet Martineau.\u003cbr\u003eContemporary commentary ranges widely through many schools of thought, from Lester R. Brown, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, and Garrett Hardin to Julian Simon and Pope Paul VI. All but one of the twenty-four selections are new to the Second Edition.\u003cbr\u003eA Selected Readings list and Index are included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048944484592,"sku":"9780393924107","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393924107_p0.jpg?v=1763697520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393924107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}