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050  4 HB199 |b.H38 1994
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100 1  Henderson, Willie, |d1947-
245 10 Economics as literature / |cWillie Henderson.
250    1st ed.
260    London ;New York : |bRoutledge, |c1995.
300    1 online resource (197 p.)
336    text |btxt
337    computer |bc
338    online resource |bcr
490 1  Routledge studies in the history of economics
500    Description based upon print version of record.
505 0  Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Economics as literature: an introduction to literary economics'; 2 Child's play: Maria Edgeworth and economics education; 3 Jane Marcet's Conversations on Political Economy: a new interpretation; 4 Harriet Martineau or when political economy was popular'; 5 Thomas de Quincey reads David Ricardo; 6 John Ruskin or the political economy of soul'; 7 The problem of Edgeworth's style; 8 Style, persuasion and The General Theory; Index
520    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 't
546    English
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.
650  0 Economics literature.
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830  0 Routledge studies in the history of economics.
906    BOOK