Track | Chapter | Duration |
01 | 00 - Preface | 3:49 |
02 | 01 - Chapter 1 | 13:13 |
03 | 02 - Chapter 2 | 15:18 |
04 | 03 - Chapter 3 | 10:57 |
05 | 04 - Chapter 4 | 12:44 |
06 | 05 - Chapter 5 | 22:10 |
07 | 06 - Chapter 6 | 10:09 |
08 | 07 - Chapter 7 | 26:42 |
09 | 08 - Chapter 8 | 11:21 |
10 | 09 - Chapter 9 | 15:28 |
11 | 10 - Chapter 10 | 29:26 |
12 | 11 - Chapter 11 | 7:18 |
13 | 12 - Chapter 12 | 27:13 |
14 | 13 - Chapter 13 | 12:14 |
15 | 14 - Chapter 14 | 11:44 |
16 | 15 - Chapter 15 | 19:01 |
17 | 16 - Chapter 16 | 18:02 |
18 | 17 - Chapter 17 | 17:15 |
19 | 18 - Chapter 18 | 20:02 |
20 | 19 - Chapter 19 | 20:35 |
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Running time: 5 hours and 26 minutes
Read by: Geoffrey Edwards
Book Coordinator: Geoffrey Edwards
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Cover: Thomas Robert Malthus. Stipple engraving by Me. Fournier after John Linnell, ca. 1834. From Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom
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An Essay on the Principle of Population, first published in 1798, is considered the most influential work on the subject of population of its time. In it Malthus formulated the Iron Law of Population, which holds that an increase in the supply of labor leads inevitably to lower wages and thus to poverty, famine and disease. He held that population generally increased in times and places of plenty until demand for resources exceeded supply, and that epidemics, famines and wars that stymied growth also masked the fundamental problem. He proposed that the only solution was to limit the birth rate through moral restraint on a wide scale.
The book fueled debate on the size of the British population and helped speed the passage of the Census Act of 1800, which mandated a national census to be conducted every ten years. Malthus revised the work over the course of six editions, incorporating new material and changes in his thinking. The book has been cited as an important influence in the development of the theory of natural selection by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134227 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0674012594972 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Thomas Malthus (1766 - 1834) |
Year | 1798 |
Recording | |
Read by | Geoffrey Edwards |
Length | 5 hours 26 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
An Essay on the Principle of Population
- Author: Thomas Malthus
- Product Code: DB-1098
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