The Market for Political Economy: The Advent of Economics in British University Culture, 1850-1905 ISBN: 9780429231032 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Economics; Economic Theory & Philosophy;
Why did political economy become pre-eminent in the emergence and development of the social sciences? From a relatively early stage in its development political economy was accepted as a legitimate, if minor, part of a general liberal education. However, economic science did not become firmly rooted in the academic curriculum of the modern English