The market for political economy : the advent of economics in British university culture, 1850-1905 / / edited by Alon Kadish and Keith Tribe

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 330/.071/141
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Great Britain - History; Universities and colleges - Curricula - Great Britain - History; Economics - Great Britain - History
• Altri autori: KadishAlon <1950-> TribeKeith
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE MARKET FORPOLITICAL ECONOMY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Editorial preface: The institutionalization of political economyin Europe, the United States and Japan; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: THE SUPPLY OF AND DEMANDFOR ECONOMICS IN LATE VICTORIAN BRITAIN; 1 THE TEACHING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THEUNIVERSITY OF LONDON; 2 OXFORD ECONOMICS IN THE LATER NINETEENTHCENTURY; 3 THE TEACHING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THEEXTENSION MOVEMENT: CAMBRIDGE, LONDONAND OXFORD ; 4 THE TEACHING OF ECONOMICS AT THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES IN IRELAND (BELFAST, CORK, GALWAY), 1845-19005 MARSHALL AND THE CAMBRIDGE ECONOMICSTRIPOS; 6 JEVONS'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEACHINGOF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN MANCHESTERAND LONDON; 7 POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE NORTHERNCIVIC UNIVERSITIES; 8 THE CITY, THE FABIANS AND THE FOUNDATIONOF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Why did political economy become pre-eminent in the emergence and development of the social sciences? From a relatively early stage in its development political economy was accepted as a legitimate, if minor, part of a general liberal education. However, economic science did not become firmly rooted in the academic curriculum of the modern English university until after the first world war.The Market for Political Economy argues that whilst it is commonly assumed that the complexities of a modern industrial economy would require a greater number of trained economists, the actual demand amongst
• Titolo autorizzato: The market for political economy
• ISBN: 1-134-95609-6; 0-429-23103-2; 1-134-95610-X; 1-280-06963-5; 9786610069637; 0-203-40617-6; 0-203-32561-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780101203321
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