History of Economic Thought
(220:327) 		 Prof. Leo Troy
Research
resources
compiled by
Ka-Neng Au
(au@rutgers.edu)

Concepts

The topic "Was Malthus Wrong" will require that you understand, first of all, what Malthus actually said (see the Web Resources section below). Use the following phrases or keywords to help sort out your thoughts:
  • population
  • demography
  • resources
  • consumption
  • growth
  • scarcity
  • Malthusian
  • Malthusianism
Of course, you should think of other related concepts to provide more focus to your research.

Web Resources

Start with this overview of the works of Thomas Robert Malthus from the Schools of Thought of Political Economy, especially to his: Essay on the Principle of Population. This page also includes many links to resources about Malthus.

Then, read the various papers presented on Malthus and the population debate at the Malthus Bicentenary Conference.

A few papers were also presented at this conference: Reinventing Malthus for the 21st Century.

And if you need more resources (you probably don't), consult The International Society of Malthus.

[For an entire textbook suitable for the whole course, take a look at William J. Barber's A History of Economic Thought (Penguin Books, 1967)]

Articles

  • To locate articles in general business and economics journals and magazines, use Business Source Premier. Start with "Advanced Search;" enter keywords (e.g. "malthus") and then select appropriate fields (e.g. Subject Terms). If the full text is not included with the abstract, click on LinkSource to check IRIS, our online catalog, for other print or online sources of the journal.


  • For references to articles in scholarly Economics journals, use EconLit from the American Economic Association. Search with combinations of concepts from above as well as these classification codes:
    • J100.cc (Demographic Economics: General)
    • J110.cc (Demographic Trends and Forecasts)
    • O130.cc (Economic Development)
    Note that you will only see abstracts of the articles; for the full-text, click on LinkSource, which will lead to IRIS, our online catalog, for locations of the journals.

  • You can also find general articles with Academic Search Premier. Start with "Advanced Search;" enter keywords (e.g. Malthus) or try the suggestions above.

Books

Use IRIS, our online catalog, to locate books which may help you. Books from other Rutgers libraries may be requested with the book delivery service. Start with the subject heading "malthus thomas" and select "SUBJECT begins with" from the pull-down menu.

Citing Your Sources

Follow the guidelines for footnotes (not endnotes) Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format for print materials and for APA Style: Electronic References.
For other resources, consult the Economics research guide. [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/ rr_gateway/research_guides/econ/econ.shtml]
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/econ/econ327.htm
This page was last updated 23 February 2006.
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