Pre-Malthusian doctrines of population : a study in the history of economic theory / by Charles Emil Stangeland Hardcover - 1966

New York : Columbia University Press, the Macmillan Co., agents, 1966. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Studies in history, economics and public law ; vol. XXI, no. 3. Physical description; 356 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Frontmatter -- 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. Subjects; Population. SOCIAL SCIENCE Demography. Population Study and teaching History. Demographics.