On population; three essays

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The Making of the modern body : sexuality and society in the nineteenth century

Table of Contents: “…The body versus the social body in the works of Thomas Malthus and Henry Mayhew /…”


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Voices of the industrial revolution : selected readings from the liberal economists and their critics by Bowditch, John

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The logic of real arguments by Fisher, Alec

Table of Contents: “…A general method of argument analysis -- A first example from Thomas Malthus -- Reasoning about nuclear deterrence -- An example from John Stuart Mill -- Arguments about God's existence -- How do your mind and body interact? …”


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American counterpoint : slavery and racism in the North-South dialogue by Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999

Table of Contents: “…Southern ethic in a Puritan world -- Protestant slavery in a Catholic world -- Southern slaves in the world of Thomas Malthus -- A Southern war against capitalism -- Northern crusade against slavery -- Seeds of failure in radical race policy -- A Southern brief for racial equality -- National decision against equality -- Strange career of a historical controversy -- Elusive mind of the South.…”


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Marriage and love in England : modes of reproduction, 1300-1840 by Macfarlane, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Charles Darwin and Thomas Malthus -- The importance of Malthusian marriage -- The Malthusian marriage system and its origins -- II. …”


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Books that changed the world by Downs, Robert B. (Robert Bingham), 1903-1991

Table of Contents: “…Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica -- Niccolò Machiavelli: The prince -- Thomas Paine: Common sense -- Adam Smith: Wealth of nations -- Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the rights of women -- Thomas Malthus: Essay on the principle of population -- Henry David Thoreau: "Civil disobedience" -- Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's cabin -- Karl Marx: Das kapital -- Alfred T. …”


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Heritage of Western civilization; select readings.

Table of Contents: “…. -- An essay on the principle of population / Thomas Malthus. -- The Philosophy of right / Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. -- The Sadler report. -- Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx ; Friedrich Engels. -- On Liberty / John Stuart Mill. -- Origin of Species; Descent of Man / Charles Darwin. -- The challenge of facts / William Graham Sumner. -- The Will to power / Friedrich Nietzsche. -- Expansion and peace / Theodore Roosevelt. -- Socialism: true and false / Sidney Webb. -- Outline of Psychoanalysis / Sigmund Freud. …”


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The life of Benjamin Franklin by Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo), 1935-2008

Table of Contents: “…Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, And Politician 1748-1757: -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Association, 1747-1748 -- Electricity -- Astronomy, weather, and the northwest passage: natural philosopher, 1748-1757 -- Clerk, councilman, and magistrate, 1748-1751 -- Academy and college of Philadelphia -- Colonial Union, dumping felons in America, and assemblyman 1751 -- Fundamental document of the American Revolution, 1751 -- Pennsylvania hospital -- Franklin's first full assembly, the money Bill, and Susanna Wright, 1751-1752 -- Insurance: the Philadelphia contributionship -- Paper currency, the coming of war, and a trip to New England, 1752-1753 -- Carlisle Treaty, Postmaster General, a trip to New England, and Assembly Sessions, 1753-1754 -- Pennsylvania Germans -- Assembly sessions, the snake cartoon, and the Albany Conference, 1754 -- Boston, America and the empire, and Katy Ray, 1754-1755 -- Libels on the assembly, Quincy's Mission, and General Braddock, 1755 -- Assembly crises, Crown Point, Parables, and glimpses of Deborah, 1755 -- French and Indians attack and Pennsylvania responds, 1755 -- General Franklin on the frontier, 1755-1756 -- Rival militias, Colonel Franklin, Virginia, New York, and frontier fighting, 1756 -- Easton Treaty and Assembly Sessions, 1756-1757 -- Franklin in New York and at sea, 1757 -- Assessing Franklin, age 42 through 51 -- Appendices: -- New attributions -- Franklin's residences and real estate to 1757 -- Electrical terminology -- Influence of Benjamin Franklin's "observations concerning the increase of mankind" (1751) on Ezra Stiles, Richard Price, and Adam Smith; on Thomas Malthus; and on Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin -- Franklin's plan of union and the Albany Plan -- Franklin's saying: "essential liberty-temporary safety" -- Post office expansion, 1753-1757 -- Franklin's wealth, 1756 -- Americanization of Benjamin Franklin -- List of abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.…”


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The autobiography of science

Table of Contents: “…-- Father of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy / Georges Cuvier: the only two-legged, two-handed animal: man -- The Natural History of Selborne / Gilbert White: Mus minimus, the tiniest quadruped in Britain ; Trees are alembics ; The motion of birds in flight -- The Malthusian Theory Concerning Misery and Vice / Thomas Malthus: "Essay on the principle of population -- Letter from a Much-Traveled Lady / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Inoculation against smallpox -- Vaccination: The Beginning of Preventive Medicine / Edward Jenner: "An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae" -- VI. …”


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