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Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:11:17 -0600 (MDT)
From: Martha Gimenez <gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU>
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Subject: Anniversary of Malthus' Essay On Population
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A friend reminded me that today is the 200th anniversary of the
publication of Malthus' famous (or infamous :)  Essay on Population.  I
was a graduate student when I first read Malthus and found his views
outrageous.  So I proceeded to write a paper about it, "The Population
Issue:  Marx vs. Malthus" (published in Den Ny Verden in 1973); those of
you interested in population theory can find it in

	http://csf.colorado.edu/authors/Gimenez.Martha/

That's a page with several of my published and unpublished work.

I would be interested in your views of Malthus' principle of population
and its relevance for understanding contemporary population issues.
Perhaps we can commemorate the anniversary of the publication of this
influencial text with a good discussion we can keep in PPN's archives to
be used by those teaching courses on population theory and/or policies.

Martha

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Martha E. Gimenez                
Department of Sociology
University of Colorado at Boulder
http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/