W. Arthur Lewis and the birth of development economics

Author/Creator:

Tignor, Robert L., author

Publication/Creation:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

W. Arthur Lewis and the birth of development economics / Robert L. Tignor

Series Titles:

Princeton legacy library
Princeton scholarship online
Princeton legacy library.
Princeton scholarship online.

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Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Preface --
INTRODUCTION --
CHAPTER 1. Getting Started: Education and Race --
CHAPTER 2. The Colonial Office --
CHAPTER 3. Unlimited Supplies of Labor --
CHAPTER 4. The Gold Coast --
CHAPTER 5. Ghana’s Chief Economic Adviser, 1957–58 --
CHAPTER 6. Ghana: Part 2 --
CHAPTER 7. The West Indies, 1959–63 --
CHAPTER 8. The Princeton Years, 1963-91 --
CONCLUSION --
Bibliography --
Index

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Lewis, W. Arthur(William Arthur),1915-1991
Princeton University--Faculty--Biography
Economists--Biography
Development economics--History
Ghana--Economic conditions
Africa--Economic conditions

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. Getting Started: Education and Race -- CHAPTER 2. The Colonial Office -- CHAPTER 3. Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- CHAPTER 4. The Gold Coast -- CHAPTER 5. Ghana’s Chief Economic Adviser, 1957–58 -- CHAPTER 6. Ghana: Part 2 -- CHAPTER 7. The West Indies, 1959–63 -- CHAPTER 8. The Princeton Years, 1963-91 -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, an intellectual biography of Lewis, Robert Tignor traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and decolonization, it provides a history of development economics as seen through the life of one of its most important founders.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937175587802486

ISBN:

0-691-20261-3
0-691-20424-1

OCLC Number:

1159420724

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9780691204246