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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume comprises a collection of manuscripts by or relating to T. R. Malthus, recently discovered in the estate of a distant nephew, and previously unpublished. They consist of correspondence, sermons, essays and lecture notes on political economy and history. The manuscripts provide insights into Malthus' personal life - especially his relationships with his parents and his tutors. They also give details of the books he studied as a student, and suggest hitherto unknown influences on his intellectual development. They suggest a solution to the question of who or what influenced him to omit the controversial theological chapters from later editions of his Essay on Population, and his sermons present further evidence of his religious views. The manuscripts represent a remarkable discovery, more than 150 years after Malthus' death, of his correspondence and other unknown writings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is the second and final volume of manuscripts by or relating to Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) that are now held at Kanto Gakuen University in Japan. Volume I contains 75 items of correspondence, while Volume II contains transcriptions of further original manuscripts, including: four of Malthus' sermons; his diary of a tour of the Lake District; an extensive set of calculations in the bullion trade, suggesting that he was giving serious thought to becoming a bullion trader on his own account; lecture notes on European history from the fifth to the tenth century; his wife's diary of their holiday in Scotland in 1826 and an essay on foreign trade. These previously unknown and unpublished manuscripts promise insights into his intellectual development and the events and circumstances of his life, as well as glimpses of the lifestyle of his wider family and contemporaries.…

First Edition. Maggs Bros. manuscript note regarding the collection's provenance to front free end paper. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxiv,140 p 24 cm. Notes; English text with English and Japanese preface. Subjects; Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert) 1766-1834 Correspondence. Population. Economists Great Britain. Correspondence. Economics. History. Religion. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 680 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Published in two volumes or as a set, this provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of Malthus's Principles of Political Economy.

Softcover. Zustand: gut. 2008. T. R. Malthus In englischer Sprache. pages.