This volume presents selections from the work of Abram L. Harris
(1899-1963), acknowledged as the first black American economist to
achieve prominence in academic life. Between 1927 and 1945 he
served on the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Thereafter, he was a professor in the College at the University of
Chicago. During the Howard years, Harris was a central figure among
a remarkable group of black social scientists clustered at that
institution. He influenced the thought and work of Ralph Bunche, E.
Franklin Frazier, and Eric Williams. A frequent contributor to
professional journals in economics, especially the "Journal of
Political Economy, "Harris was recognized as perhaps the foremost
expert on the comparative analysis of alternative approaches in
economics.
"Race, Radicalism, and Reform "includes an introduction by the
editor that provides a chronology of Harris' life and an assessment
of his scholarly contributions. A diverse array of Harris' papers
is contained in the volume covering all the major themes he
addressed in the course of a lifetime of research: the "Negro
problem" in the United States, the interaction between race and
class, controversies in American economic history, Marx and
Marxism, the nature and content of institutional economics, and the
economics of John Stuart Mill. What results is a comprehensive view
of Harris' work, affording insight into important transitions in
his thinking about radicalism and social reform. In particular, the
book chronicles his movement from a left orientation in his youth
to a moderate libertarianism in his later years.
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