Today we look in depth at the arguments of Benjamin Franklin’s 1751 essay “Observations on the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c.,” which looks at the dynamics of population growth, stagnation, and decline in different conditions, namely in the countryside, cities, old populated countries, and, especially, the New World.
American Visionary: Benjamin Franklin’s…
Today we look in depth at the arguments of Benjamin Franklin’s 1751 essay “Observations on the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c.,” which looks at the dynamics of population growth, stagnation, and decline in different conditions, namely in the countryside, cities, old populated countries, and, especially, the New World.