| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The teaching of political economy in the University of London / John Maloney -- Oxford economics in the later nineteenth century ; The teaching of political economy in the extension movement : Cambridge, London and Oxford / Alon Kadish -- The teaching of economics at the Queen's Colleges in Ireland (Belfast, Cork, Galway), 1845-1900 / Thomas A. Boylan and Timothy P. Foley -- Marshall and the Cambridge economics tripos / Alon Kadish -- Jevons's contribution to the teaching of political economy in Manchester and London / R.D. Collison Black -- Political economy in the northern civic universities / Keith Tribe -- The city, the Fabians and the foundation of the London School of Economics / Alon Kadish |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Universities Curriculum Economics History |
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Great Britain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain -- History
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Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Great Britain -- History
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Economics -- Great Britain -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Education.
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Economics
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Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Universities and colleges -- Curricula
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kadish, Alon, 1950-
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Tribe, Keith
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| LC no. |
92037258 |
| ISBN |
0203325613 |
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9780203325612 |
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0203406176 |
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9780203406175 |
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9786610069637 |
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6610069638 |
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9780415038744 |
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041503874X |
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9781134956104 |
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113495610X |
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9781134956050 |
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1134956053 |
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9781134956098 |
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1134956096 |
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9780415862035 |
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0415862035 |
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