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Economics as Literature

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1995
ISBN
0415129087, 9780415129084
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3311044 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Economics, Vol. 1
Edition
1st
Pages
200\197
Time added
2013-12-21 00:34:08

Description

A rich vein of economics writings which runs through the nineteenth century and beyond is now largely ignored because its authors were women or because they favoured literary over scientific forms. Economics as Literature re-examines some of the most interesting texts from within this tradition. The works considered include: *stories (eg by Maria Edgeworth and Harriet Martineau) *dialogues (eg by Jane Marcet and Thomas de Quincey) *'imaginative' writing (eg from Ruskin and Francis Edgeworth) *Keynes' General Theory which is locked within a nineteenth century 'tradition' of uniting science and art.

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