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100 1 $aTignor, Robert L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80146175
245 10 $aW. Arthur Lewis and the birth of development economics /$cRobert L. Tignor.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axi, 315 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-302) and index.
520 1 $a"W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, the first intellectual biography of Lewis, Robert Tignor traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and decolonization, the book provides a history of development economics as seen through the life of one of its most important founders. If there were a record for the number of "firsts" achieved by one man during his lifetime, Lewis would be a contender. He was the first black professor in a British university and also at Princeton University and the first person of African descent to win a Nobel Prize in a field other than literature or peace. His writings, which included his book The Theory of Economic Growth, were among the first to describe the field of development economics." "Quickly gaining the attention of the leadership of colonized territories, he helped develop blueprints for the changing relationship between the former colonies and their former rulers. He made significant contributions to Ghana's quest for economic growth and the West Indies' desire to create a first-class institution of higher learning serving all of the Anglophone territories in the Caribbean."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLewis, W. Arthur$q(William Arthur),$d1915-1991.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50049603
650 0 $aAfrican American economists$vBiography.
610 20 $aPrinceton University$xFaculty$vBiography.
650 0 $aDevelopment economics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005272
650 0 $aEconomic development.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040804
651 0 $aGhana$xEconomic conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054756
651 0 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001548
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