{"product_id":"lionel-robbins-paperback-softback-9781009542777","title":"Lionel Robbins (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009542777","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLionel Robbins\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiography of a major twentieth-century English economist who was a key player in the development of economics as an academic subject.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan Howson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009542777, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1178 pages, 30 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 5.8 cm, 1.867 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is, no doubt, a decisive work on the life of Lionel Robbins, the economist who is probably safe to be viewed as having left a greater legacy on contemporary British society than on the history of economic thought … the book is not exclusively written for an audience of economists. Historians interested in British art policy, for instance, will surely profit from this book, and historians working on the US-UK negotiation during WWII will also gain another window to this high-profile, very complex, international policy-making process … It is, no doubt, a great work by a prominent historian; the scope is broad and the treatment of each issue is even-handed.' Norikazu Takami, Journal of the History of Economic Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBy the time of his death the English economist Lionel Robbins (1898–1984) was celebrated as a 'renaissance man'. He made major contributions to his own academic discipline and applied his skills as an economist not only to practical problems of economic policy – with conspicuous success when he served as head of the economists advising the wartime coalition government of Winston Churchill in 1940–45 – and of higher education – the 'Robbins Report' of 1963 – but also to the administration of the visual and performing arts that he loved deeply. He was devoted to the London School of Economics, from his time as an undergraduate following active service as an artillery officer on the Western Front in 1917–18, through his years as Professor of Economics (1929–62), and his stint as chairman of the governors during the 'troubles' of the late 1960s. This comprehensive biography, based on his personal and professional correspondence and other papers, covers all these many and varied activities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Father and son\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Great War\u003cbr\u003e 3. Postwar\u003cbr\u003e 4. The London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Iris Gardiner\u003cbr\u003e 6. New College Oxford\u003cbr\u003e 7. The young professor\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fritz and Lionel\u003cbr\u003e 9. The School in the mid 1930s\u003cbr\u003e 10. The approach of war\u003cbr\u003e 11. The economics of war\u003cbr\u003e 12. Director of the Economic Section\u003cbr\u003e 13. Anglo-American conversations\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Law Mission and the Steering Committee\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1944\u003cbr\u003e 16. The last months of the war\u003cbr\u003e 17. The postwar settlement\u003cbr\u003e 18. Return to the School\u003cbr\u003e 19. The end of the transition\u003cbr\u003e 20. LSE in the early 1950s\u003cbr\u003e 21. Chairman of the National Gallery\u003cbr\u003e 22. Lord Robbins\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Robbins Report\u003cbr\u003e 24. The sixties\u003cbr\u003e 25. The arts\u003cbr\u003e 26. The troubles at LSE\u003cbr\u003e 27. Retirement\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415648530712,"sku":"9781009542777","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009542777i.jpg?v=1784420283","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lionel-robbins-paperback-softback-9781009542777","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}