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The intellectual foundations of Alfred Marshall's economic science : a rounded globe of knowledge / Simon J. Cook.

Lippincott Library HB103.M3 C6 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cook, Simon J.
Series:
Historical perspectives on modern economics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924.
Marshall, Alfred.
Economics--Great Britain--History.
Economics.
Great Britain.
History.
Physical Description:
xviii, 331 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Contents:
Part 1 The Contexts of Marshall's Intellectual Apprenticeship
1 Continuity and Consensus: The State of Long-Term Memories 17
Introduction 17
Mid-Victorian Images Of Adam Smith 19
An Academic Liberal History 30
The Principle of Authority in Matters of Opinion 36
Conclusion: Situating Marshall 44
2 A Liberal Education 49
Introduction 49
Adam Smith on the Institutions of Education 50
From the Scottish Enlightenment to Victorian England 55
William Whewell 58
John Stuart Mill 62
Henry Fawcett 69
The Young Alfred Marshall 74
Part II Dualist Moral Science: 1867-1871
3 Mental Crisis 87
A "Crisis in His Mental Development" 87
Liberal Anglicanism: Resources, Opponents, Allies 95
Alfred Marshall's Earliest Philosophical Writings 108
4 The Way of All Flesh 120
Introduction 120
Note on the Proceedings 122
Mechanical Cerebellum 133
Mechanical Cerebrum 136
A Liberal Education 141
Moral Character 146
5 Political Economy 150
Introduction 150
John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy 151
The Wages Question 156
Advanced Political Economy 159
The Essay "On Value" 176
The Essay "On Wages" 181
Part III Neo-Hegelian Political Economy: 1872-1873
6 A Philosophy of History 189
Scientific Naturalism 189
Reading Spencer 192
From Natural to Moral History 199
Hegel and Maine 206
The History of Civilization 210
Theological Resolution 215
Economic Foundations 219
7 Missing Links: The Education of the Working Classes 227
Introduction 227
The "Central Doctrine" of Value 229
The Education of the Working Classes 235
Futures of the Working Classes 245
Marshall's Early Reformation of Political Economy 258
Epilogue: "A Rounded Globe of Knowledge"
8 Social Philosophy and Economic Science 265
Introduction 265
Histories of the Present and the Future 266
The Genesis of Organization 272
The Limits of Economic Science 279
Economic Science and Social Philosophy 286
Conclusion 290.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780521760089
0521760089
OCLC:
310096823

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