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Darwin's Clever Neighbour - George Warde Norman and his Circle (Hardcover)
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Darwin's Clever Neighbour - George Warde Norman and his Circle (Hardcover)
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`This is the autobiography of a prominent 19th century economist,
which was miraculously saved from destruction by fire. It would be
interesting simply as a personal account of the education of an
upper class gentleman of the Victorian era. But Norman became a
long-serving director of the Bank of England who entered into
public debates on matters of public finance and international
trade. The editors are well-known authorities in the history of
economic thought and provide us with a 50-page introduction to the
technicalities of Norman's contributions. This is an invaluable
entree into classical economics as it was experienced at the time.'
- Mark Blaug, University of London and University of Buckingham, UK
`This book has been a long time in the making but well worth the
wait. It is a work of immense scholarship. The editors of George
Warde Norman's autobiography have put a huge effort into the
production. The volume has a splendid introduction and is then
packed with fascinating detail revealing the world of an important
nineteenth century figure - the grandfather of Montagu Norman no
less - that lights up the working of the Bank and the City and much
else besides.' - Forrest H. Capie, Bank of England, UK George Warde
Norman, 1793-1882, a Director of the Bank of England 1821-72, was
an important figure in both the development and the implementation
of the theory of monetary control, embodied in the Bank Charter Act
of 1844. Norman wrote an Autobiography covering his first 54 years,
and this provides a remarkable portrait not only of Norman himself
but of the social and intellectual network in which he lived. He
was an intimate of the Utilitarians, especially George Grote with
whom there was ultimately a quarrel which has never been made
public before. He was a businessman, at first in the timber trade,
in which connection he spent time in Norway, and made the
acquaintance of Napoleon's Marshall, Bernadotte, by then King of
Sweden and Norway, and then in fire insurance. He also wrote on
economic matters, not only on monetary issues but also on trade
theory and taxation. The Autobiography, which has survived fire and
flood, was rediscovered in the 1960s by D.P. O'Brien who at that
time prepared a typescript which has been used by scholars. With
the release of this edition, the work is now available for the
first time in a fully edited and corrected version. It should be of
interest to historians of economic thought, economic historians,
and students of nineteenth century intellectual history and
society.
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