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T. R. Malthus: Principles of Political Economy 2 Volume Hardback Set
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T. R. Malthus: Principles of Political Economy 2 Volume Hardback Set Hardcover - 1990

by T. R. Malthus; John Pullen (Editor)

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This set provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of Malthus's Principles of Political Economy. It contains the full text of the first 1820 edition, including Malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions, and emendations that occurred between the first and the second, posthumous, edition of 1836. The first edition is extremely rare, and for over 150 years confusions and disagreements have inevitably occurred in the interpretation of Malthus's economics because of the absence of any systematic record of the differences between the two editions. The editor has written a lengthy and authoritative introduction giving an account, derived mainly from contemporary correspondence, of the events and circumstances surrounding the publication of the two editions. It shows the relationship between the Principles and Malthus's other writings and activities as a political economist. there is also an editorial commentary that aims to explain the significance and origin of the alterations.

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Not many years had elapsed after the first edition of this work, when it became known to all with whom Mr. Malthus had the opportunity of communicating on the subject, or who were acquainted with his last publications, that his opinions on the subject of value had undergone some change.

Details

  • Title T. R. Malthus: Principles of Political Economy 2 Volume Hardback Set
  • Author T. R. Malthus; John Pullen (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 1147
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date September 28, 1990
  • ISBN 9780521247757 / 0521247756
  • Weight 4.07 lbs (1.85 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 2.95 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 7.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 87009372
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330.153

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