Economists and Higher Learning in the Nineteenth Century

by William J. Barber

Many economists who struggled to establish a secure place for their discipline in American universities in the nineteenth century made significant contributions to reshaping American academic life in general. Yet, they were often at war among themselves as they sought to define the mission and methods of economics in an era of social and intellectual ferment.This volume represents the contribution of American scholars to a multinational research project...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560006560
• ISBN13: 9781560006565
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 469 Pages