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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Possible stock photo, see below for full condition description.”
- EAN
- 9780822345381
- ISBN
- 9780822345381
- Book Title
- Provocative Joan Robinson : the Making of a Cambridge Economist
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Women, Economic History, Social Scientists & Psychologists, Women's Studies, Economics / Theory
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822345382
ISBN-13
9780822345381
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73173222
Product Key Features
Book Title
Provocative Joan Robinson : the Making of a Cambridge Economist
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Women, Economic History, Social Scientists & Psychologists, Women's Studies, Economics / Theory
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-003265
Reviews
"This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson's contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends-mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation-makes such a historical reconstruction necessary. 'Necessary' is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the preSecond World War period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition." E. Roy Weintraub, author ofHow Economics Became a Mathematical Science"The Provocative Joan Robinson is an engaging, insightful, and highly original treatment of a significant figure and community in the history of economics."-Steven G. Medema, author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas, "This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson's contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends-mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation-makes such an historical reconstruction necessary. 'Necessary' is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the pre-World War II period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition."- E. Roy Weintraub , author of How Economics Became a Mathematical Science, “This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson’s contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends-mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation-makes such an historical reconstruction necessary. ‘Necessary’ is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the pre-World War II period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition.�- E. Roy Weintraub , author of How Economics Became a Mathematical Science, " The Provocative Joan Robinson is an engaging, insightful, and highly original treatment of a significant figure and community in the history of economics."- Steven Medema , author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas, The Provocative Joan Robinson is an engaging, insightful, and highly original treatment of a significant figure and community in the history of economics., This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson's contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends--mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation--makes such a historical reconstruction necessary. 'Necessary' is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the pre-Second World War period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition., "This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson's contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends--mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation--makes such a historical reconstruction necessary. 'Necessary' is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the pre-Second World War period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition." E. Roy Weintraub, author of How Economics Became a Mathematical Science "The Provocative Joan Robinson is an engaging, insightful, and highly original treatment of a significant figure and community in the history of economics."--Steven G. Medema, author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas, -- E. Roy Weintraub, author of How Economics Became a Mathematical Science -- Steven G. Medema, author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas
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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
330.15/6092
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Collage with Woman in Foreground 1 1. The Improbable Theoretician 17 Excursus: Robinson and Kahn 51 2. The Making of The Economics of Imperfect Competition 89 3. Becoming a Keynesian 161 "Who Is Joan Robinson?" 235 Notes 247 Bibliography 279 Index 295
Synopsis
One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903-83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or a powerful patron. In The Provocative Joan Robinson , Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. Aslanbeigui and Oakes demonstrate that Robinson's professional identity was thoroughly embedded in a local scientific culture in which the Cambridge economists A. C. Pigou, John Maynard Keynes, Dennis Robertson, Piero Sraffa, Richard Kahn (Robinson's closest friend on the Cambridge faculty), and her husband Austin Robinson were important figures. Although the economists Joan Robinson most admired-Pigou, Keynes, and their mentor Alfred Marshall-had discovered ideas of singular greatness, she was convinced that each had failed to grasp the essential theoretical significance of his own work. She made it her mission to recast their work both to illuminate their major contributions and to redefine a Cambridge tradition of economic thought. Based on the extensive correspondence of Robinson and her colleagues, The Provocative Joan Robinson is the story of a remarkable woman, the intellectual and social world of a legendary group of economists, and the interplay between ideas, ambitions, and disciplinary communities., Through a biography of the most important woman in the history of economic thought, the work offers new insights into the creation of macroeconomic theory at a crucial period in its development., One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903-83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or a powerful patron. In The Provocative Joan Robinson , Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. Aslanbeigui and Oakes demonstrate that Robinson's professional identity was thoroughly embedded in a local scientific culture in which the Cambridge economists A. C. Pigou, John Maynard Keynes, Dennis Robertson, Piero Sraffa, Richard Kahn (Robinson's closest friend on the Cambridge faculty), and her husband Austin Robinson were important figures. Although the economists Joan Robinson most admired--Pigou, Keynes, and their mentor Alfred Marshall--had discovered ideas of singular greatness, she was convinced that each had failed to grasp the essential theoretical significance of his own work. She made it her mission to recast their work both to illuminate their major contributions and to redefine a Cambridge tradition of economic thought. Based on the extensive correspondence of Robinson and her colleagues, The Provocative Joan Robinson is the story of a remarkable woman, the intellectual and social world of a legendary group of economists, and the interplay between ideas, ambitions, and disciplinary communities.
LC Classification Number
HB103
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