Buku An Essay on the Principle of Population pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1798 dengan nama alias Joseph Johnson, namun pengarangnya kemudian diidentifikasikan sebagai Thomas Robert Malthus. Meskipun buku tersebut bukanlah buku pertama tentang populasi, buku tersebut dikenal sebagai karya paling berpengaruh pada masanya. Edisi ke-6nya secara independen dinyatakan sebagai pengaruh penting oleh Charles Darwin dan Alfred Russel Wallace dalam mengembangkan teori seleksi alam.
Halaman judul edisi asli 1798. | |
| Pengarang | Thomas Robert Malthus |
|---|---|
| Negara | Inggris |
| Bahasa | Inggris |
| Penerbit | J. Johnson, London |
Tanggal terbit | 1798 |
Catatan Sunting
- An Essay on the Principle of Population As It Affects the Future Improvement of Society with Remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet and Other Writers (edisi ke-1). London: J. Johnson in St Paul's Church-yard. 1798. Diakses tanggal 20 Juni 2015. via Internet Archive
- "Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population: Library of Economics" (description), Liberty Fund, Inc., 2000, EconLib.org webpage: EconLib-MalPop.
Referensi Sunting
- Malthus, An Essay On The Principle Of Population (1798 1st edition) with A Summary View (1830), and Introduction by Professor Antony Flew. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-043206-X.
- Malthus, An Essay On The Principle Of Population (1798 1st edition, plus excerpts 1803 2nd edition), Introduction by Philip Appleman, and assorted commentary on Malthus edited by Appleman. Norton Critical Editions. ISBN 0-393-09202-X.
- William Peterson, Malthus, Founder of Modern Demography (1979, 1999). ISBN 0-7658-0481-6.
- Online chapter MALTHUS AND THE EVOLUTIONISTS: THE COMMON CONTEXT OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL THEORY from Darwin's Metaphor: Nature's Place in Victorian Culture by Professor Robert M. Young (1985, 1988, 1994). Cambridge University Press.
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An Essay on the Principle of Population
- EconLib-1798: An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1st edition, 1798. Library of Economics and Liberty. Free online, full-text searchable.
- EconLib-1826: An Essay on the Principle of Population, 6th edition, 1826. Library of Economics and Liberty. Free online, full-text searchable. Malthus published a major revision to his first edition—his second edition—in 1803. His 6th edition, published 1826, and revising his various 2nd–5th editions, became his widely cited 6th and final revision.
- Darwin Online, Malthus, Thomas. 1826. An essay on the principle of population 6th edition. London: John Murray. Volume 1, Volume 2, free online access, full searchable text plus pdf views of each page.