John Cunningham Wood

British Economists and the Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study, first published in 1983, is primarily concerned with what the British economists over the period 1860 to 1914 wrote on a range of economic and non-economic aspects of the British Empire, and the reasons for their conclusions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781138230743
• ISBN-10: 113823074X
• Artikelnr.: 53459225

Autorenporträt

John Cunningham Wood

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Introduction
1. Introduction 2. Classical Economists and the Empire, 1776-1860 3. The Economic Stage, 1860-1914
Part Two: The Shadow of J S Mill: The 1860s Economists
4. J S Mill's Critics: Goldwin Smith and J E T Rogers 5. J S Mill's Admirers: J E Cairnes and Henry Fawcett
Part Three: Mainstream Economics, 1870-1914
6. Economic Orthodoxy: W S Jevons, Henry Sidgwick and Alfred Marshall 7. The Classical Tradition: J S Nicholson and the Rehabilitation of Adam Smith: Sir Robert Giffen, Master Statistician J S Nicholson
Part Four: Alternatives to Orthodox Economics
8. William James Ashley and William Cunningham: English Economic Historians William James Ashley 9. W A S Hewins: The Self-Acclaimed Imperialist 10. J A Hobson: The Self-Confessed Heretic
Part Five: Conclusion
11. Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index