Sir Arthur Lewis
A Biography
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 342 pages
978-1-349-36339-1 (ISBN)
Description
Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
X, 342 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-36339-1 (9781349363391)
DOI
10.1057/9781137366436
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Persons
Barbara Ingham is Honorary Research Associate at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.
Paul Mosley is Professor of Economics at the University of Sheffield
Content
Prologue, the Caribbean in Turmoil 1915-1933 1. Marvellous Intellectual Feasts: The LSE Years 1933 - 1948 2. The Colonial Office and the Genesis of Development Economics 3. 'It Takes Hard Work to be Accepted in the Academic World' 4. Manchester University (1948-57) 5. The Manchester Years (1948-57): Lewis as a Social and Political Activist 6. Why Visiting Economists Fail: The Turning Point in Ghana 1957-58 7. Disenchantment in the Caribbean, 1958-63 8. Princeton and Retirement, 1963-1991 9. 'The Fundamental Cure for Poverty is Not Money But Knowledge': Lewis' Legacy