The Essential Hirschman

by Albert O. Hirschman, Amartya Sen, Emma Rothschild, et al.

Book Overview

The Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the precision of economics with the elegance of literary imagination. In an age in which our academic disciplines require ever-greater specialization and narrowness, it is rare to encounter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159904
• ISBN13: 9780691159904
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"