Essays in Biography
This authoritative Royal Economic Society edition of Essays in Biography contains some of Keyne's finest writing. It has been reissued with a new introduction by Donald Winch that appraises Keynes's achievement as biographer, character analyst, and intell
- PDF / 48,998,627 Bytes
- 511 Pages / 430.866 x 649.134 pts Page_size
- 33 Downloads / 244 Views
Essays in Biography Jahn Maynard Keynes with a new Introduction by Donald Winch
palgrave macmillan
For thc Royal Economic Socicty
*
© The RoyaL Economic Sodety 1933, 1951, 1972,2010 Introduction © DonaLd Winch 2010 ALL rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this pubLication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any Licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in reLation to this publication may be liabLe to criminaL prosecution and dvil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First edition published 1933 Second edition published 1951 Third edition published 1972 This edition published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN PaLgrave MacmilLan in the UK is an imprint of MacmilLan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of HoundmilLs, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. PaLgrave MacmilLan in the US is a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, NewYork, NY 10010. PaLgrave MacmilLan is the gLobaL academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the worLd. PaLgrave® and MacmilLan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-0-230-24958-5 ISBN 978-1-349-59074-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-59074-2 This book is printed on paper suitabLe for recycling and made from fuLLy managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, puLping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmentaL reguLations of the country of origin. A cataLogue record for this book is avaiLabLe from the British Library. A cataLog record for this book is avaiLabLe from the Library of Congress. 10 19
9 18
8 17
7 16
6 15
5 4 3 14 13 12
Transferred to DigitaL Printing in 2010.
2 11
10
Contents
List of Illustrations
viii
General Introduction
IX
Editorial Foreword
xv
Preface to the First Edition
XIX
Introduction to New Edition by Donald Winch
XX
Notes on Further Reading
xli
Corrections to this Edition
xlii
I
SKETCHES OF POLITICIANS
1. THE COUNCIL OF FOUR, PARIS 1919 2.
LLOYD GEORGE: A FRAGMENT
3 20
3. A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THREE
27
4.
ANDREW BONAR LAW
33
5.
HERBERT ASQUITH
37
6.
EDWIN MONTAGU
41
7. ARTHUR BALFOUR
43
8. WINSTON CHURCHILL
46
9.
(1)
MR CHURCHILL ON THE WAR OF 1914-18
46
(2)
MR CHURCHILL ON THE PEACE
52
REGINALD MCKENNA
58
10. THE GREAT VILLIERS CONNECTION
60
11. TROTSKY ON ENG LAND
63 v
vi
Contents
11 LIVES OF ECONOMISTS 12. THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS
71
(1) THE FIRST OF THE CAMBRIDGE ECONOMISTS
71
(2)
71
THE CENTENARY ALLOCUTION
13. WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS
109
