Pre-Malthusian Doctrines of Population: a Study in the History of Economic Theory

Presents the theories and doctrines of population advanced prior to the publication of Mathus's essay in 1798. PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. CLASSICAL DOCTRINES CHAPTER II. RELIGIONS AND POPULATION CHAPTER III. FIRST MODERN VIEWS: FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH TO THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER IV. THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM AND POPULATION CHAPTER V. MERCANTILIST AND OTHER WRITERS, PARTICULARLY IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 1660–1748 CHAPTER VI. THE CAMERALISTIC AND OTHER GERMAN LITERATURE ON POPULATION FROM PUFENDORF TO SUESSMILCH CHAPTER VII. THEORIES OF POPULATION IN FRANCE, 1748–1776 CHAPTER VIII. ENGLISH, ITALIAN AND GERMAN DISCUSSIONS OF POPULATION, 1749–1775 CHAPTER IX. THEORIES OF POPULATION IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONCLUSION VITA