History Extra podcast Podcast Episodes featuring Wilkie Collins

Thomas Malthus and Wilkie Collins

History Extra podcast - May 08, 2014 12:46 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
This week we explore the life and work of two intellectual giants of the 19th century. First up, Robert Mayhew discusses the Georgian economist Thomas Malthus whose theories on population growth have remained controversial ever since. After that we're joined by Andrew Lycett, the latest biographe...