Malthus and the New World

马尔萨斯是英国近代研究最多、影响最大的政治经济学家之一。然而，即使是杰出的马尔萨斯学者也不知道或不感兴趣的事实是，他在著名的《论人口原理》中写到了澳大利亚的新殖民地——范迪门斯地和新南威尔士。他感兴趣的是土著社会。这个项目旨在评估这篇文章的维度，以及他对太平洋岛屿社会和美洲原住民的看法。《马尔萨斯与新世界》将在2016年马尔萨斯诞辰250周年之际进行一项研究，彻底重新定义马尔萨斯学术。

T.R. Malthus is one of the most studied and influential English political economists of the modern period. Yet even distinguished Malthus scholars are either unaware or uninterested in the fact that he wrote about the new Australian colonies – Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, in his famous Essay on the Principle of Population. It was Aboriginal societies he was interested in. This project aims to assess this dimension of the Essay, alongside his thoughts on Pacific Island societies and on Native Americans. Malthus and the New World will completely redefine Malthus scholarship in a study that will coincide with the 250th anniversary of his birth in 2016.