The provocative Joan Robinson: the making of a Cambridge economist
Aslanbeigui, Nahid
The provocative Joan Robinson: the making of a Cambridge economist Aslanbeigui, Nahid - Durham Duke University Press 2009 - x, 302 p. - Science and cultural theory .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903व83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or a powerful patron. In The Provocative Joan Robinson, Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. (http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=19143)
9780822345381
Robinson, Joan, 1903-1983
Neoclassical school of economics
Keynesian economics
Economists - Great Britain
330.156092
The provocative Joan Robinson: the making of a Cambridge economist Aslanbeigui, Nahid - Durham Duke University Press 2009 - x, 302 p. - Science and cultural theory .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903व83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or a powerful patron. In The Provocative Joan Robinson, Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. (http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=19143)
9780822345381
Robinson, Joan, 1903-1983
Neoclassical school of economics
Keynesian economics
Economists - Great Britain
330.156092