This work places the major features of the life and work of Alfred Marshall in the context of the history of economic thought as it affected the institutional setting of late 19th and early 20th century Britain. The biography also sheds light on Marshall's decision to study economics, after dropping mathematics, philosophy and psychology in turn, and the background to his important books, including the "Principles of Economics", as well as his government advice over three decades. More than just the life of a major economist, it also deals with economics and mathematics education at Cambridge, contemporary controversies over socialism, imperialism, free trade, religious belief, social welfare and the women's movement.
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'. . . Groenewegen's prose is gripping yet lucid and analytical. Without exaggeration it can be stated that any future work on Marshall has to start from this book.' - C.J. Talele, Choice, November 1995, Vol. 33 No. 3 -- C.J. Talele, Choice, November 1995, Vol. 33 No. 3
'A scholarly and comprehensive study of Marshall's life and work, particularly interesting on his early background.' - John K. Whitaker, Bankard Professor of Economics, University of Virginia -- John K. Whitaker, Bankard Professor of Economics, University of Virginia
'Given his worldwide reputation and immense influence on 20th century economics, the absence of a scholarly biography of Alfred Marshall is shocking. Now, at last, Peter Groenewegen has filled this yawning gap, and his book is a major event for economists, intellectual historians and students of the social sciences. Groenewegen's research, extending over many years, has been exhaustive; his contribution to our knowledge of the man and his works is immense; his analysis of Marshall's writings is comprehensive; and throughout his judgment is balanced and insightful. This is truly a landmark achievement.' - A.W. Coats, Duke University and University of Nottingham, UK -- A.W. Coats, Duke University and University of Nottingham, UK
'Scholars will find themselves well rewarded for their time reading Peter Groenewegen's substantial contribution to scholarship. No good library can afford to be without this book. It is a wonderful achievement that has been long awaited.' - Robert W. Butler, The Historian, Spring 1997, Vol. 59 No. 3 -- Robert W. Butler, The Historian, Spring 1997, Vol. 59 No. 3 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'A scholarly and comprehensive study of Marshall's life and work, particularly interesting on his early background.' - John K. Whitaker, Bankard Professor of Economics, University of Virginia -- John K. Whitaker, Bankard Professor of Economics, University of Virginia
'Given his worldwide reputation and immense influence on 20th century economics, the absence of a scholarly biography of Alfred Marshall is shocking. Now, at last, Peter Groenewegen has filled this yawning gap, and his book is a major event for economists, intellectual historians and students of the social sciences. Groenewegen's research, extending over many years, has been exhaustive; his contribution to our knowledge of the man and his works is immense; his analysis of Marshall's writings is comprehensive; and throughout his judgment is balanced and insightful. This is truly a landmark achievement.' - A.W. Coats, Duke University and University of Nottingham, UK -- A.W. Coats, Duke University and University of Nottingham, UK
'Scholars will find themselves well rewarded for their time reading Peter Groenewegen's substantial contribution to scholarship. No good library can afford to be without this book. It is a wonderful achievement that has been long awaited.' - Robert W. Butler, The Historian, Spring 1997, Vol. 59 No. 3 -- Robert W. Butler, The Historian, Spring 1997, Vol. 59 No. 3 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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A Turgid Work,
This review is from: A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall 1842-1924 (Paperback)
When I say this is a 'turgid work'; I mean that it moves along at a snail's pace, especially for the first couple of chapters. However, it does move along a little quicker pace as you get into the book.
It is a comprehensive work of the life, the times and the works of the great economist, Alfread Marshall, and the author has certainly created a benchmark against which other biographies of the man will have to ascend. Yet it a book that one can only take in small doses, and surprising for me, it took me many months to complete. Perhaps a more lively style of writing would have helped; less repetition (in many ways, Marshall was a boring man; his intellectual, but supressed wife seemed more interesting), and a more thorough examination of his works and where they stood in relation to the development of economic thought (if at all!).
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