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Wealth and Life: Essays on the Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1848–1914
Donald Winch
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Description for Wealth and Life: Essays on the Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1848–1914
Hardcover. The history of the intellectual pursuits that shaped the understanding of Britain as an industrial society. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. .
Donald Winch completes the intellectual history of political economy begun in Riches and Poverty (1996). A major theme addressed in both volumes is the 'bitter argument between economists and human beings' provoked by Britain's industrial revolution. Winch takes the argument from Mill's contributions to the 'condition-of-England' debate in 1848 through to the work on economic wellbeing of Alfred Marshall. The writings of major figures of the period are examined in a sequence of interlinked essays that ends with consideration of the twentieth-century fate of the debate between utilitarians and romantics in the hands of Leavis, Williams and Thompson. Donald Winch ... Read more
Donald Winch completes the intellectual history of political economy begun in Riches and Poverty (1996). A major theme addressed in both volumes is the 'bitter argument between economists and human beings' provoked by Britain's industrial revolution. Winch takes the argument from Mill's contributions to the 'condition-of-England' debate in 1848 through to the work on economic wellbeing of Alfred Marshall. The writings of major figures of the period are examined in a sequence of interlinked essays that ends with consideration of the twentieth-century fate of the debate between utilitarians and romantics in the hands of Leavis, Williams and Thompson. Donald Winch ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Ideas in Context
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521887533
SKU
V9780521887533
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About Donald Winch
Donald Winch is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Reviews for Wealth and Life: Essays on the Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1848–1914
'In this wide-ranging yet tightly argued and frequently brilliant work, Donald Winch presents an intellectual history of British political economy, from 1848–1914. … Winch's work, which combines fine-grained detail and lapidary prose with not inconsiderable empathy for this subjects, is a worthy addition to this exchange. It represents if not the definitive, certainly a definitive intellectual history of British political ... Read more