Buku An Essay on the Principle of Population pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1798 dengan nama alias Joseph Johnson,[1][2] tetapi pengarangnya kemudian diidentifikasikan sebagai Thomas Robert Malthus. Meskipun buku tersebut bukanlah buku pertama tentang populasi, buku tersebut dikenal sebagai karya paling berpengaruh pada masanya. Edisi ke-6nya secara independen dinyatakan sebagai pengaruh penting oleh Charles Darwin dan Alfred Russel Wallace dalam mengembangkan teori seleksi alam.
↑"Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population: Library of Economics" (description), Liberty Fund, Inc., 2000, EconLib.org webpage: EconLib-MalPop.
Referensi
Malthus, An Essay On The Principle Of Population (1798 1st edition) with A Summary View (1830), and Introduction by Professor Antony Flew. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-043206-X.
Malthus, An Essay On The Principle Of Population (1798 1st edition, plus excerpts 1803 2nd edition), Introduction by Philip Appleman, and assorted commentary on Malthus edited by Appleman. Norton Critical Editions. ISBN 0-393-09202-X.
William Peterson, Malthus, Founder of Modern Demography (1979, 1999). ISBN 0-7658-0481-6.
EconLib-1826: An Essay on the Principle of Population, 6th edition, 1826. Library of Economics and Liberty. Free online, full-text searchable. Malthus published a major revision to his first edition—his second edition—in 1803. His 6th edition, published 1826, and revising his various 2nd–5th editions, became his widely cited 6th and final revision.
Darwin Online, Malthus, Thomas. 1826. An essay on the principle of population 6th edition. London: John Murray. Volume 1, Volume 2, free online access, full searchable text plus pdf views of each page.
