William Stanley Jevons and the making of modern economics / Harro Maas.
William Stanley Jevons and the making of modern economics / Harro Maas.
William Stanley Jevons and the making of modern economics / Harro Maas.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2005.
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N330.15709/ 1
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The prying eyes of the natural scientist -- 2. William Stanley Jevons : Victorian polymath -- 3. The black arts of induction -- 4. Mimetic experiments -- 5. Engines of discovery -- 6. The machinery of the mind -- 7. The private laboratory of the mind -- 8. The laws of human enjoyment -- 9. Timing...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"The Victorian polymath William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) is generally and rightly venerated as one of the great innovators of economic theory and method in what came to be known as the "marginalist revolution". This book is an investigation into the cultural and intellectual resources that Jevons drew upon to revolutionise research methods in eco...
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William Stanley Jevons and the making of modern economics / Harro Maas.
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Historical perspectives on modern economics.
Rev. version of the author's thesis (doctoral).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2005.
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N330.15709/ 1
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74VKd3mEkz23
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ISBN
0521827124 (hbk.) :
9780521827126 (alk. paper)
0521827124 (alk. paper)
9780521827126 (hbk.) :
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330.157092
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991019935109702626
