Hungry Generations: The Nineteenth-century Case Against MalthusianismKing's Crown Press, 1955 - 234 pages A history of the rise and fall of the Malthusian theory in 19th century England, and the way in which Malthus's theory as a whole was exposed as an invidious and fallacious instrument for concealing exploitation and economic injustice. |
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