Reappraising J.A. Hobson : humanism and welfare / edited by Michael Freeden.

J.A. Hobson was one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. In this volume, first published in 1990, eight scholars reassess the importance and relevance of his work today and affirm him as a major British thinker. The...

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Contributors: Freeden, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2009, ©1990.
Series:Routledge revivals.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Michael Freeden
  • 2. Hobson, Ruskin and Cobdenx / H.C.G. Matthew
  • 3. Variations on a famous theme : Hobson, international trade and imperialism, 1902-1938 / P.J. Cain
  • 4. Hobson's evolving conceptions of human nature / Michael Freeden
  • 5. The conservative aspect of Hobson's new liberalism / John Allett
  • 6. Hobson and Keynes as economic heretics / Peter Clarke
  • 7. J.A. Hobson as a macroeconomic theorist / Roger E. Backhouse
  • 8. Rewriting the Confessions : Hobson and the Extension movement / Alon Kadish
  • 9. Hobson and internationalism / Bernard Porter.