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Author Katzner, Donald W., 1938-

Title At the edge of Camelot : debating economics in turbulent times / Donald W. Katzner
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford scholarship online
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Economics and Finance module
Contents Introduction -- A short history of the University of Massachusetts -- The civil rights and Vietnam War protest movements -- The American economics profession -- The Kindahl era -- The transition to radical political economics -- The first three years of radical presence -- Learning to live together -- Epilogue
Summary Donald Katzner tells the story of an academic department that underwent rapid, wrenching changes from the late 1960s through the 1970s. The story told covers the particulars of the background for these events relating to the University of Massachusetts, the political activism of the period, and the state of the economics profession
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Economics Department -- History
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Economics Department
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Amherst -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Education.
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Massachusetts -- Amherst
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199877416
0199877416
0199896801
9780199896806