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Malthus and His Time

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  • © 1986

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  1. Michael Turner

    1. University of Hull, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Population: On Malthus, Demography and Malthusianism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Malthus’s Model of a Preindustrial Economy

      • E. A. Wrigley
      Pages 3-18

    3. Malthus: The Origins of the Principle of Population?

      • B. Stapleton
      Pages 19-39

    4. The Demographic Impact of the Old Poor Laws: More Reflections on Malthus

      • J. P. Huzel
      Pages 40-59

    5. Malthus in Scandinavia 1799

      • Lars Magnusson
      Pages 60-70

    6. Malthusianism in South-West France in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

      • François Pradel De Lamaze
      Pages 71-81

  3. Land: The Primacy of Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Course of Rents in the Age of Malthus

      • G. E. Mingay
      Pages 85-95

    3. Conspicuous Consumption by the Landed Classes, 1790–1830

      • David Cannadine
      Pages 96-111

    4. Corn Crises in Britain in the Age of Malthus

      • Michael Turner
      Pages 112-128

    5. Malthus and the Corn Laws

      • Wray Vamplew
      Pages 129-139

  4. Labour: From Wage Earning to Social Welfare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Malthus, Wages and the Labour Market in England 1790–1830

      • Bernard Eccleston
      Pages 143-156

    3. Malthus and Reform of the English Poor Law

      • Anne Digby
      Pages 157-169

    4. Malthusian Ideology and the Crises of the Welfare State

      • Annie Vinokur
      Pages 170-186

  5. Capital: An Age of Commercial and Capital Expansion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. The Growth of British Exports 1783–1820

      • François Crouzet
      Pages 189-200

    3. Trends in Capital Accumulation in the Age of Malthus

      • B. L. Anderson
      Pages 201-221

    4. Malthus on Population in a War-Based Industrial Economy

      • Edmond Cocks
      Pages 222-235
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