Reappraising J.A. Hobson : humanism and welfare / edited by Michael Freeden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeden, Michael.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson), 1858-1940.

Hobson, J. A.

Economics--Great Britain--History.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Boston, USA : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. A. Hobson was one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. In this volume, first published in 1990, eight scholars reassess the importance and relevance of his work today and affirm him as a major British thinker.These original studies place Hobson in context by explaining his intellectual antecedents: Cobden, Ruskin, nineteenth-century social and psychological theories and economic thought. The book provides an overview of the novelty and incisiveness of Hobson's contribution to British liberal theor

Contents:

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Hobson, Ruskin and Cobden; 3 Variations on a famous theme: Hobson, international trade and imperialism, 1902-1938; 4 Hobson's evolving conceptions of human nature; 5 The conservative aspect of Hobson's new liberalism; 6 Hobson and Keynes as economic heretics; 7 J.A.Hobson as a macroeconomic theorist; 7 J.A.Hobson as a macroeconomic theorist; 8 Rewriting the Confessions: Hobson and the Extension movement; 9 Hobson and internationalism; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-19154-9

1-282-28341-3

9786612283413

0-203-09233-3

9780203092330

OCLC:

476742389