The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus

Target entity: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus
Context triple: [Alison Bashford, notableWork, The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus]

• A. Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
  Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
• B. An Essay on the Principle of Population
  An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
• C. Malthusianism
  Malthusianism is a demographic and economic theory asserting that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and conflict unless restrained.
• D. Malthusian catastrophe
  A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
• E. Thomas Malthus
  Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus
Target entity description: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a historical study that reinterprets Malthus’s ideas on population and resources within a global, imperial, and environmental context.

• A. Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
  Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
• B. An Essay on the Principle of Population
  An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
• C. Malthusianism
  Malthusianism is a demographic and economic theory asserting that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and conflict unless restrained.
• D. Malthusian catastrophe
  A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
• E. Thomas Malthus
  Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
• F. None of above. chosen