Prologue: opening the door on Malthus's rollercoaster -- Before Malthus: population, economy and environment in … eighteenth century England -- Prophets of perfection: a revolutionary triptych -- The first inconvenient truth: Malthus's essay … and the quiet revolution of 1798 -- "Diarrhoea of the intellect": Malthus as the malign muse of romanticism -- Malthus and …

criticism in equal measure, and has been praised, misinterpreted and remade ever since. Malthus argued, with clarity and logic … includes other writings and diary extracts that show Malthus's intellectual development after his landmark treatise." -- Back … Malthus: The Scandinavian journal (1799) -- An investigation of the cause of the present high price of provisions (1800 …

debates before Thomas Robert Malthus's influential Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) right through to present day …