T. R. Malthus: The Unpublished Papers in the Collection of Kanto Gakuen University

by T. R. Malthus , Edited by John Pullen , Trevor Hughes Parry

• ISBN13: 9780521184106
• ISBN10: 052118410X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 2004, this is the second and final volume of manuscripts by or relating to Thomas Robert Malthus (17661834) that are now held at Kanto Gakuen University in Japan. Volume I, published in 1997, contains 75 items of correspondence. Volume II, now published, contains transcriptions of further original manuscripts, including: four of Malthus' sermons; his diary of a tour of the Lake District; an extensive set of calculations in the bullion trade, suggesting that he was giving serious thought to becoming a bullion trader on his own account; lecture notes on European history from the fifth to the tenth century; his wife's diary of their holiday in Scotland in 1826 and an essay on foreign trade. These previously unknown and unpublished manuscripts promise insights into his intellectual development and the events and circumstances of his life, as well as glimpses of the lifestyle of his wider family and contemporaries.

Table of Contents

Sermons

Malthus' diary of a tour of the Lake District

Bullion trade transactions

An essay on foreign trade

Essays and notes on Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots

Questions and answers on early European history

Harriet Malthus' diary of a family tour of Scotland in 1826

Letters to Harriet Malthus from her mother, Catherine Eckersall

Eight brief miscellaneous items

Appendix A, B

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