The Market for Political Economy : The Advent of Economics in British University Culture, 1850-1905.
Title:
The Market for Political Economy : The Advent of Economics in British University Culture, 1850-1905.
Author:
Kadish, Alon.
ISBN:
9780203406175
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- THE MARKET FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Editorial preface: The institutionalization of political economy in Europe, the United States and Japan -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION: THE SUPPLY OF AND DEMAND FOR ECONOMICS IN LATE VICTORIAN BRITAIN -- 1 THE TEACHING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON -- 2 OXFORD ECONOMICS IN THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY -- 3 THE TEACHING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE EXTENSION MOVEMENT: CAMBRIDGE, LONDON AND OXFORD -- 4 THE TEACHING OF ECONOMICS AT THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES IN IRELAND (BELFAST, CORK, GALWAY), 1845-1900 -- 5 MARSHALL AND THE CAMBRIDGE ECONOMICS TRIPOS -- 6 JEVONS'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEACHING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN MANCHESTER AND LONDON -- 7 POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE NORTHERN CIVIC UNIVERSITIES -- 8 THE CITY, THE FABIANS AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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 employers remained low. The book traces the development of the teaching of political economy in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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