A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists (Elgar Original Reference) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843769026 ISBN 13: 9781843769026

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

This major original reference work includes over one hundred specially commissioned articles on the lives and writings of women who made significant contributions to economics. It sheds new light on the rich, but too often neglected, heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and participation in the discipline of economics. In addition to those who wrote in English, some notable Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish women economists are included. This book will transform widely-held views about the past role of women in economics, and will stimulate further research in this exciting but underdeveloped field. It is dedicated to the memory of Michèle Pujol, a pioneer in the field.

Contributors: G. Abraham-Frois, J.A. Alexander, R.L. Bartlett, G. Becchio, A. Bernasek, M.H. Best, K. Bharadwaj, G. Biffl, R.G. Bodkin, M. Boianovsky, M.D. Bordo, F. Butschk, B. Corry, A.I. Dagg, J.B. Davis, M.A. Dimand, R.W. Dimand, Z. Emami, M. Fontana, E.L. Forget, G. Fornengo, A. Gamez, S.H. Gensemer, P. Groenewegen, D. Haas-Wilson, H. Hagemann, C.H. Hammond, J.D. Hammond, I. Hardeen, J.P. Henderson, I. Henriksen, R. Henriksson, M.C. Howard, J. Humphries, P. Hyman, A. Ikeo, C. Ivory, J.P. Jacobsen, N. Kaergard, M.I. Kamien, V. Kapurina-Foreman, S.D. Kasper, J.E. King, S. King, D. Kinnear, R. Kleer, C.-D. Krohn, T.E. Kulakovskaja, F.S. Lee, M. Lewis, B. Libby, R.A. Lobdell, C. McDonough-Dumler, G. Mongiovi, N.I. Naumova, J. Nautz, C. Nyland, S.J. Pack, H.W. Plasmeijer, B. Polkinghorn, M. Psalidopoulos, M.A. Pujol, S. Raman, M. Rix, C.K. Ryan, W.J. Samuels, P. Scholze, J.A. Seiz, J. Shackelford, K. Shopsowitz, K.K. Sklar, W.D. Sockwell, L.A. Soroka, J.J. Thomas, A.C. Thorne, H.-M. Trautwein, R.M. Tullberg, R. Vaitheswaran, B.S. Visano, T. Wobbe

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Robert W. Dimand, Professor of Economics, Brock University, Canada, Mary Ann Dimand, taught Economics at Albion College and Evelyn L. Forget, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada

Review:

A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists is a welcome addition to the literature on women in economics. The introduction is both interesting and useful... It traces the growth of understanding of the role of women in economics teaching, writing, and research, broadly defined... Entries are well balanced between biographical information (often fascinating) and economic contributions and significance. References to main publications and other sources of information will be useful to those scholars interested in pursuing further work on individuals. --Willie Henderson, The Economic Journal

This comprehensive reference work presents over 100 specially commissioned articles on the lives and writings of women who made significant contributions to the discipline of economics. It sheds new light on the often neglected heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and their participation in the discipline, and it aims to transform widely-held views about the past role of women in economics. --Journal of Consumer Policy

Dimand and his co-editors present a seminal work consisting of 120 commissioned articles on the life and writings of retired or deceased women who have made significant contributions in economics since 1817. Coverage is universal... Alphabetically arranged, the book is well researched, thoroughly documented, and well written.... Until the appearance of this book, contributions of women in economics have received appallingly scant attention.... Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through faculty; essential for academic collections. --P.P. Philbin. Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843769026
• ISBN 13: 9781843769026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Dimand Robert W., Dimand Mary Ann, Forget Evelyn L.